Multi-hazard susceptibility mapping of cryospheric hazards in a high-Arctic environment: Svalbard Archipelago

Nicu, Ionut Cristi; Elia, Letizia; Rubensdotter, Lena; Tanyaş, Hakan; Lombardo, Luigi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-447-2023

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Multi-hazard susceptibility mapping of cryospheric hazards in a high-Arctic environment: Svalbard Archipelago

Ionut Cristi Nicu, Letizia Elia, Lena Rubensdotter, Hakan Tanyaş, and Luigi Lombardo

Data sets

Thermo-erosion gullies inventory of Nordenskiöld Land (Svalbard Archipelago) Ionut Cristi Nicu, Lena Rubensdotter, and Luigi Lombardo https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945395

Terrengmodell Svalbard (S0 Terrengmodell) Norwegian Polar Institute https://doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2014.dce53a47

Model code and software

Thaw slump inventory of Nordenskiöld Land (Svalbard Archipelago) Ionut Cristi Nicu, Lena Rubensdotter, and Luigi Lombardo https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945348

Short summary

Thaw slumps and thermo-erosion gullies are cryospheric hazards that are widely encountered in Nordenskiöld Land, the largest and most compact ice-free area of the Svalbard Archipelago. By statistically analysing the landscape characteristics of locations where these processes occurred, we can estimate where they may occur in the future. We mapped 562 thaw slumps and 908 thermo-erosion gullies and used them to create the first multi-hazard susceptibility map in a high-Arctic environment.