Surface morphology of fans in the high-Arctic periglacial environment of Svalbard: Controls and processes

T De Haas, MG Kleinhans, PE Carbonneau… - Earth-Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Fan-shaped landforms occur in all climatic regions on Earth. They have been extensively
studied in many of these regions, but there are few studies on fans in periglacial, Arctic and …

Impact of climate warming on snow processes in Ny-Ålesund, a polar maritime site at Svalbard

JI López-Moreno, J Boike, A Sanchez-Lorenzo… - Global and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
The impact of observed changes in air temperature and precipitation from 1969 to 2013 and
climate projections for 2050 and 2080 at Ny-Ålesund, an arctic research station on …

Manual detection of snow avalanche debris using high-resolution Radarsat-2 SAR images

M Eckerstorfer, E Malnes - Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2015 - Elsevier
Snow avalanches cause significant loss of life and infrastructure in snow covered mountain
areas worldwide. Our understanding and ability to forecast avalanche activity in space and …

Surge dynamics in the Nathorstbreen glacier system, Svalbard

M Sund, TR Lauknes, T Eiken - The Cryosphere, 2014 - tc.copernicus.org
Nathorstbreen glacier system (NGS) recently experienced the largest surge in Svalbard
since 1936, and this was examined using spatial and temporal observations from DEM …

A synthetic aperture radar based method for long term monitoring of seasonal snowmelt and wintertime rain-on-snow events in Svalbard

H Vickers, E Malnes, M Eckerstorfer - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Snow cover characteristics are highly sensitive to variations in temperature and
precipitation. In Svalbard, these parameters are undergoing significant change in response …

Arctic rockwall retreat rates estimated using laboratory‐calibrated ERT measurements of talus cones in Longyeardalen, Svalbard

MB Siewert, M Krautblatter… - Earth Surface …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Holocene rockwall retreat rates quantify integral values of rock slope erosion and talus cone
evolution. Here we investigate Holocene rockwall retreat of exposed arctic sandstone cliffs …

Central Svalbard 2000–2011 meteorological dynamics and periglacial landscape response

HH Christiansen, O Humlum… - Arctic, antarctic, and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Local mountain meteorology of the landscape around Longyearbyen in central Svalbard is
analyzed through the decade from 2000 to 2011. Standard meteorological stations from …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence and stability of organic intercalation in clay minerals from permafrost-affected soils in the High Arctic–A case study from Spitsbergen (Svalbard)

W Szymański, M Drewnik, M Stolarczyk, Ł Musielok… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate warming is responsible for many environmental changes in the Arctic, which lead to
the decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) and emissions of greenhouse gases from …

Combining high spatial resolution snow mapping and meteorological analyses to improve forecasting of destructive avalanches in Longyearbyen, Svalbard

H Hancock, A Prokop, M Eckerstorfer… - Cold Regions Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Two naturally triggered snow avalanches occurred on 19 December 2015 and 21 February
2017 in the town of Longyearbyen, Svalbard in the Norwegian high-Arctic. These events …

Morphometric and meteorological controls on recent snow avalanche distribution and activity at hillslopes in steep mountain valleys in western Norway

K Laute, AA Beylich - Geomorphology, 2014 - Elsevier
Snow avalanches are common phenomena in Norway. Controlling factors of snow
avalanche distribution and activity, and the relative importance of snow avalanches …