Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2000/00083
Mass balance of Svalbard glaciers and ice caps using high-accuracy airborne laser altimetry.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Bamber, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor JA Dowdeswell, University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The volume change of a number of ice caps and glaciers in the Svalbard archipelago will be determined, over a five-year interval, using airborne scanning laser altimetry. We will deploy equipment, developed by NASA, that was used to determine height changes in Greenland to 10cm accuracy. This equipment was flown in May 1996 over Svalbard and we propose to re-fly these flight lines to provide the first systematic and quantitative estimates of the state of balance of some ten glaciers and three large ice caps across the archipelago.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2000/00083
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £35,017
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £3,999 | £31,018 |
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