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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-5799-2024
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Data description paper
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20 Dec 2024
Data description paper |
| 20 Dec 2024
| 20 Dec 2024
Ice thickness and bed topography of Jostedalsbreen ice cap, Norway
Mette K. Gillespie
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, 6856, Norway
Liss M. Andreassen
Section for Glaciers, Ice and Snow, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Oslo, 0301, Norway
Matthias Huss
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland
Simon de Villiers
Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, 6856, Norway
Kamilla H. Sjursen
Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, 6856, Norway
Jostein Aasen
Section for Glaciers, Ice and Snow, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Oslo, 0301, Norway
Jostein Bakke
Department of Earth Science and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, 5020, Norway
Jan M. Cederstrøm
Department of Earth Science and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, 5020, Norway
Hallgeir Elvehøy
Section for Glaciers, Ice and Snow, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Oslo, 0301, Norway
Bjarne Kjøllmoen
Section for Glaciers, Ice and Snow, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Oslo, 0301, Norway
Even Loe
Statkraft, Gaupne, 6868, Norway
Marte Meland
Breheimsenteret, Jostedalen, 6871, Norway
Kjetil Melvold
Section for Glaciers, Ice and Snow, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Oslo, 0301, Norway
Sigurd D. Nerhus
Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, 6856, Norway
Torgeir O. Røthe
Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, 6856, Norway
Eivind W. N. Støren
Department of Earth Science and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, 5020, Norway
COWI, Bergen, 5824, Norway
Kåre Øst
Norgesguidene, Jostedalen, 6871, Norway
Jacob C. Yde
Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, 6856, Norway
Data sets
Jostedalsbreen ice thickness and bed topography data Mette Kusk Gillespie et al. https://doi.org/10.58059/yhwr-rx55
Short summary
We present an extensive ice thickness dataset from Jostedalsbreen ice cap that will serve as a baseline for future studies of regional climate-induced change. Results show that Jostedalsbreen currently (~2020) has a maximum ice thickness of ~630 m, a mean ice thickness of 154 ± 22 m and an ice volume of 70.6 ±10.2 km3. Ice of less than 50 m thickness covers two narrow regions of Jostedalsbreen, and the ice cap is likely to separate into three parts in a warming climate.
We present an extensive ice thickness dataset from Jostedalsbreen ice cap that will serve as a...
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