Sweden glacier measurements

Updated 2012-07-19

Mass balance measurements started at Storglaciären in the Kebnekaise massif in 1946 (Table 5, #2.1). At present, the measurements comprise a mass balance of 5 glaciers in the area. In calculating one year’s mass balance, measurements are taken twice per year (in winter and summer) and mass balances are calculated annually by the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology at Stockholm University (SU-INK). Measurement of glacier fronts is a simpler alternative to mass balance calculations that could be used as an index for mass balance. Stockholm University (SU-INK) performs such front measurements at 18 glaciers every second year (Table 5, #2.2).

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1946 -
Data collection: 1946 -
Data processing: 1946 -
Data reporting: 1946 -

Contact information

Contact person: - -
Address: Gunhild 'Ninis' Rosqvist
Email: es.us.oegtan@tsivqsoR.dlihnuG

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Ice/snowpack

Geography

Regions studied: Sweden
Stations or areas where observations are made: Tarfala

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: precipitation, wind, temperature, mass balance, terminus mapping

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: Stockholm University (SU)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?