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The ice-free topography of Svalbard

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Date
05/11/2018
Author
Fürst, Johannes J.
Navarro, Francisco
Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien
Huss, Matthias
Moholdt, Geir
Fettweis, Xavier
Lang, Charlotte
Seehaus, Thorsten
Ai, Songtao
Benham, Toby J.
Benn, Doug
Björnsson, Helgi
Dowdeswell, Julian A.
Grabiec, Mariusz
Kohler, Jack
Lavrentiev, Ivan
Lindbäck, Katrin
Melvold, Kjetil
Pettersson, Rickard
Rippin, David
Saintenoy, Albane
Sánchez-Gámez, Pablo
Schuler, Thomas V.
Sevestre, Heïdi
Vasilenko, Evgeny
Braun, Matthias H.
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GE Environmental Sciences
3rd-DAS
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Abstract
We present a first version of the Svalbard ice-free topography (SVIFT1.0) using a mass conserving approach for mapping glacier ice thickness. SVIFT1.0 is informed by more than one million point-measurements, totalling more than 8700 km of thickness profiles. SVIFT1.0 is publicly available and represents the geometric state around the year 2010. Our estimate for the total ice volume is 6199 km3, equivalent to 1.5 cm sea-level rise. The thickness map suggests that 13% of the glacierised area is grounded below sea-level. A complementary map of error estimates comprises uncertainties in the thickness surveys as well as in other input variables. Aggregated error estimates are used to define a likely ice-volume range of 5200 — 7300 km3. The ice-front thickness of marine-terminating glaciers is a key quantity for ice-loss attribution because it controls the potential ice discharge by iceberg calving into the ocean. We find a mean ice-front thickness of 135 m for the archipelago (likely range 123 — 158m).
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Fürst , J J , Navarro , F , Gillet-Chaulet , F , Huss , M , Moholdt , G , Fettweis , X , Lang , C , Seehaus , T , Ai , S , Benham , T J , Benn , D , Björnsson , H , Dowdeswell , J A , Grabiec , M , Kohler , J , Lavrentiev , I , Lindbäck , K , Melvold , K , Pettersson , R , Rippin , D , Saintenoy , A , Sánchez-Gámez , P , Schuler , T V , Sevestre , H , Vasilenko , E & Braun , M H 2018 , ' The ice-free topography of Svalbard ' , Geophysical Research Letters , vol. Early View . https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079734
Publication
Geophysical Research Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079734
ISSN
0094-8276
Type
Journal article
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Copyright ©2018. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079734
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This study received primary funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Svalbard - iFLOWbed project, grant number FU1032/1-1.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17646

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