Hans Glacier Monitoring (HGM) (HGM)

Updated 2012-08-28

Main objectives of Hans Monitoring Network are collecting long-term record of mass-balance measurements and surface glacier velocities. Additionally we collect meteorological parameter at 3 AWSs located in ablation and accumulation area and ELA.

Time frame

Status
Ongoing
Project time span
1988 -
Data collection
1988 -
Data processing
1988 -
Data reporting
1988 -

Contact information

Contact person
- -
Address
Dariusz Puczko
Email
lp.ude.fgi@okzcup

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled
Media sampled/studied/modelled
Air/aerosol
Ice/snowpack

Geography

Regions studied
Svalbard
Stations or areas where observations are made

Hans Glacier

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.

Mass-balance stakes measurements and snow pits, GPS & GPR measurements, AWSs.

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

Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences (IGFPAN)

Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?

WGMS (mass-balance measurements) Networks: World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)

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