Freshwater input to the Arctic fjord Hornsund (Svalbard)

• Published in: Polar research Vol. 38; pp. 1 - 18
• Main Authors: Błaszczyk, Małgorzata, Ignatiuk, Dariusz, Uszczyk, Aleksander, Cielecka-Nowak, Katarzyna, Grabiec, Mariusz, Jania, Jacek A., Moskalik, Mateusz, Walczowski, Waldemar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Spånga Open Academia 16.04.2019; Norwegian Polar Institute
• Subjects: Ablation; Accuracy; Biota; Climate change; Drainage basins; Fjords; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Fresh water; Freshwater; frontal ablation; Geomorphology; Glacier melting; glacier meltwater runoff; Glaciers; Glaciohydrology; Hydrodynamics; Hydrology; Ice; Inland water environment; Mass; Meltwater; Meteorological data; Precipitation; Runoff; Snow cover; snow cover on land; Summer; Svalbard fjords; Tidewater; Velocity; Barents Sea; Arctic region

Glaciers draining to the Hornsund basin (southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard) have experienced a significant retreat and mass volume loss over the last decades, increasing the input of freshwater into the fjord. An increase in freshwater input can influence fjord hydrology, hydrodynamics, sediment flux a...