Essays about: "polythermal glacier"
Found 3 essays containing the words polythermal glacier.
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1. Cold Surface Layer Dynamics of Storglaciären, Northern Sweden 2009-2019
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Storglaciären is a sub-Arctic polythermal glacier in northern Sweden. Twenty years' monitoring of thecold surface layer found that it has lost one third of its total volume of cold ice with an average thinningrate of 0.80 ± 0.24 m·a-1 for the period of 1989-2009. READ MORE
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2. Changes in the Cold Surface Layer on a Polythermal Glacier during Substantial Ice Mass Loss
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Climate change in the Arctic and sub-Arctic has induced substantial changes in the inland cryosphere. The warming climate is causing a reduction in glacier size and extent and the average net mass balance for Arctic glaciers have been negative over the past 40 years. READ MORE
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3. Pathways and Transit Time of Meltwater in the Englacial Drainage System of Rabots Glacier, Kebnekaise, Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografiAbstract : Following the crash of a Norwegian Hercules aircraft on Rabots glaciär in the Kebnekaise mountain range in 2012, a field campaign was initiated in order to assess the fate of the hydrocarbon pollution in the system. It is hypothesized that soluble components of the aircraft fuel will be transported within the glacial meltwater. READ MORE