Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/B505262/1
Changes in glacier geometry and extent in Svalbard: Implications for sea-level rise during the 20th and 21st centuries.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor T Murray, Swansea University, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor JP Mills, Newcastle University, Sch of Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Clarke, Newcastle University, Sch of Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr S Barr, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor jl wadham, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AJ Luckman, Swansea University, College of Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M King, University of Tasmania, Geography and Environmental Studies
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AJ Payne, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Swansea University, Geography
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The melt of small glaciers is making a substantial contribution to the rapid and accelerating rise of global sea-level. Climate change is predicted to have most effect on temperature in the Arctic, making glaciers in this region particularly vulnerable to melt. This proposal is to collect LiDAR elevation data that will allow direct measurement of the volume changes of benchmark Arctic glaciers in Svalbard over the 20th century. Digital elevation models (DEMs) derived from LiDAR will be differenced from those produced using digital photogrammetry covering the period 1956-present day. Ground control points, which are essential to producing the photogrammetric DEMs, will be derived from the LiDAR data, and the method will also require development of new GPS methods for controlling the LiDAR DEMs from remote base stations. Upscaling of the results to an estimate of 20th century sea-level rise for the archipelago will be achieved through a regional mass balance model driven by ERA40 reanalysis data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. This model will also be used to assess future changes in Svalbard glaciers over the next 100 years under different climatic scenarios. The results will allow better estimation of the contribution of the Svalbard archipelago to sea-level rise over the 20th and 21st centuries.
- Period of Award:
- 1 Oct 2004 - 30 Sep 2008
- Value:
- £143,516 Lead Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NE/B505262/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £143,516
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £22,448 | £76,114 | £9,043 | £35,013 | £898 |
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