PolarCLIMATE Sensitivity of glaciers to climate change SvalGlac

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PolarCLIMATE Sensitivity of glaciers to climate
change (SvalGlac)
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SvalGlac - Objectives

• To obtain a reliable estimate of the total ice
  volume stored in Svalbard.
• To estimate the recent past climate changes and
  mass balance rates of Svalbard.
• To improve the process understanding related to
  mass balance and dynamics.
• To obtain an updated estimate of the present mass
  balance of Svalbard glaciers.
• To model the expected response in surface mass
  balance and calving flux rate under different
  scenarios of climate change

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SvalGlac consortium 10 partner countries and
3 associated partner countries

• Lead PIs from each country
• 1. Norway Prof. Jon Ove Hagen (Co-ordinator),
  Department of geosciences, University of Oslo
• 2. Poland Prof. Jacek Jania (PI), Faculty of
  Earth Sciences, University of Silesia
• 3. Sweden Prof. Veijo Pohjola, Department of
  Earth Sciences, University of Uppsala
• 4. Spain Prof. Francisco Navarro, Technical
  University of Madrid.
• 5. Germany Prof. Dieter Scherer, Department of
  Climatology, Technische Universität, Berlin
• 6. Netherlands Dr. Carleen Reijmer Institute for
  Marine and Atmospheric research, IMAU, Utrecht
  University
• 7. Austria Dr. Friedrich Obleitner, Institute of
  Meteorology and Geophysics, Univ. of Innsbruck
• 8. Estonia Dr. Rein Vaikmäe, Institute of
  Geology, Tallinn University of Technology
• 9. Finland Prof. John Moore, Arctic Center,
  Rovaniemi
• 10. Italy Dr. Daniela Mansutti, Instituto per le
  Applicazioni del Calcolo (IAC), Council for
  National Research
• Associated partners
• AP1. United States Prof. Regine Hock, University
  of Alaska, Fairbanks
• AP2. Russia Dr. Andrey Glazovskiy, Department of
  Glaciology, Institute of Geography, Russian
  Academy of Sciences (IGRAS), Moscow
• AP3. China Dr. Xiao Cheng, College of Global
  Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal
  University

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SvalGlac Complementary set of field, remote
sensing and modelling programs- study sites