{"source":"norwegian-polar-institute","name":"Norwegian Polar Institute Data Centre","kind":"widget","via":"native","records":[{"id":"f1fc782a-fa7b-11e2-bd10-005056ad0004","title":"Glacier Firn Area Change - Svalbard","value":"2013","subtitle":"Svalbard — glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/f1fc782a-fa7b-11e2-bd10-005056ad0004","props":{"released":"2013-08-01T07:28:21.000Z","topics":["glaciology"],"placenames":[{"country":"NO","placename":"Svalbard"}],"summary":"On many glaciers in Svalbard, three surface types are visible on SAR images, the dark glacier ice at the glacier's lower end, the brighter superimposed ice in the middle, and the white firn at the higher elevations. Surface classification of these types is valuable especially since the retreat or advance of the firn area provides information on the status of the glacier. While the snowline reacts "}},{"id":"7cd67b1a-1b9b-4dfd-b7a1-f9469597ed4d","title":"Svalbard tidewater glacier front database","value":"2018","subtitle":"Svalbard — terrestrial · remote-sensing · glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/7cd67b1a-1b9b-4dfd-b7a1-f9469597ed4d","props":{"released":"2018-07-11T11:51:22.071Z","topics":["terrestrial","remote-sensing","glaciology","marine","climate"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Svalbard"}],"summary":"Tidal glacier fronts in Svalbard are mapped using Landsat 8 orthorectified imagery. Fronts are determined for places where the ice is apparently in contact with seawater. This might not be 100% correct: there are some places where there may be sediment emerging, but if this can’t be seen clearly in the L8 image the glacier front is retained as being “in contact”, especially if it is only a short s"}},{"id":"1b8631bf-7710-449a-a56f-0da1a4fef608","title":"Svalbard glacier inventory based on Sentinel-2 imagery from summer 2020","value":"2021","subtitle":"Svalbard — glaciology · remote-sensing · topography","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/1b8631bf-7710-449a-a56f-0da1a4fef608","props":{"released":"2021-03-08T12:40:39.474Z","topics":["glaciology","remote-sensing","topography"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Svalbard"}],"summary":"An updated glacier inventory of all Svalbard glaciers as of summer 2020."}},{"id":"fff1ccc2-fa7c-11e2-bd10-005056ad0004","title":"Glacier Area Change - Svalbard","value":"2013","subtitle":"Svalbard — glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/fff1ccc2-fa7c-11e2-bd10-005056ad0004","props":{"released":"2013-08-01T07:35:54.000Z","topics":["glaciology"],"placenames":[{"country":"NO","placename":"Svalbard"}],"summary":"Based on the Glacier Area Outlines, this presents a graphical representation of actual area change to be displayed in the CryoClim Data Portal"}},{"id":"d756f766-de33-11e2-8993-005056ad0004","title":"Glacier Surface Type - Svalbard","value":"2013","subtitle":"Svalbard — glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/d756f766-de33-11e2-8993-005056ad0004","props":{"released":"2013-06-26T12:00:00.000Z","topics":["glaciology"],"placenames":[{"country":"NO","placename":"Svalbard"}],"summary":"On many glaciers in Svalbard, three surface types are visible on SAR images, the dark glacier ice at the glacier's lower end, the brighter superimposed ice in the middle, and the white firn at the higher elevations. Surface classification of these types is valuable especially since the retreat or advance of the firn area provides information on the status of the glacier. While the snowline reacts "}},{"id":"5a845750-e924-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004","title":"Svalbard glacier snow lines","value":"2013","subtitle":"glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/5a845750-e924-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004","props":{"released":"2013-07-10T12:00:00.000Z","topics":["glaciology"],"placenames":[],"summary":"Satellite albedo data from MODIS is used to track snow-line on glaciers in Svalbard, with snow-line serving as a proxy for the Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA). Eventually the results will be available as shapefiles. \r\n\r\nA table with snow lines derived with this method is available and snow line can be plotted against time"}},{"id":"89f430f8-862f-11e2-8036-005056ad0004","title":"Glacier Area Outlines - Svalbard","value":"2013","subtitle":"Svalbard — glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/89f430f8-862f-11e2-8036-005056ad0004","props":{"released":"2013-03-06T12:00:00.000Z","topics":["glaciology"],"placenames":[{"country":"NO","placename":"Svalbard"}],"summary":"The archipelago of Svalbard presently contains approximately 33,200 km2 of glaciers, with a large number of small valley glaciers as well as large areas of contiguous ice fields and ice caps. While a first glacier inventory was compiled in 1993, there has not been a readily available digital version. Here we present a new digital glacier database, which will be available through the GLIMS project."}},{"id":"de70b33e-0d4a-5ed2-bf6c-8299125acdaf","title":"Glacier maps","value":"","subtitle":"Finsterwalderbreen, Brøggerbreane — maps","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/de70b33e-0d4a-5ed2-bf6c-8299125acdaf","props":{"released":"","topics":["maps"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Finsterwalderbreen"},{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Brøggerbreane"}],"summary":"Maps over the Brøgger and Finsterwalder glaciers made in the 1950's and the 1960's."}},{"id":"56c2cd62-665b-4228-ab5d-d0122748d94c","title":"TW-ICE2017: Environmental and phytoplankton data from the glacier front and Kongsfjorden cruises in 2017","value":"2019","subtitle":"Kongsfjorden — biology · chemistry · ecology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/56c2cd62-665b-4228-ab5d-d0122748d94c","props":{"released":"2019-05-13T09:05:22.498Z","topics":["biology","chemistry","ecology","climate","environment","geology","glaciology","marine","oceanography"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Kongsfjorden"}],"summary":"Datasets collected during TW-ICE cruise to Kongsfjorden in July 2017. The datasets contain measurements close to glacier fronts taken with a research vessel and helicopter, and have been published in Halbach et al. (2019; see the \"Citation Custom\" field). \n\nThe datasets are compiled following files:\n\n**Nutrient data.csv** Nutrient measurements together with station metadata. Columns: station = sta"}},{"id":"62247dad-88e7-45e6-9659-f280ed1e7274","title":"CTD profiles in Kongsfjorden including glacier front 2016 & 2017","value":"2023","subtitle":"oceanography","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/62247dad-88e7-45e6-9659-f280ed1e7274","props":{"released":"2023-05-29T11:36:49.941Z","topics":["oceanography"],"placenames":[],"summary":"The data has been collected during two cruises (25-28 July 2016 & 30 July-2 August 2017) with RV Lance. Samples have been collected from the inner fjord basin to the shelf break station. CTD profiles in front of tidewater glaciers were collected by helicopter and with RV Lance in the glacial bays. In 2016, four stations were sampled from RV Lance and eight stations were sampled by a helicopter aro"}},{"id":"4e28fed2-cf18-52e8-8370-744ca8a4c7cf","title":"Glacier velocity data for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund","value":"","subtitle":"Ny-Ålesund — glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/4e28fed2-cf18-52e8-8370-744ca8a4c7cf","props":{"released":"","topics":["glaciology"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Ny-Ålesund"}],"summary":"GPS measurements of stakes in glaciers around Ny-Ålesund."}},{"id":"852a5138-9846-47b8-a6cd-970579ff318d","title":"Amphipod diversity in the glacier bay of Kronebreen in 2017","value":"2023","subtitle":"Kongsfjorden — other","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/852a5138-9846-47b8-a6cd-970579ff318d","props":{"released":"2023-05-23T12:51:27.202Z","topics":["other"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Kongsfjorden"}],"summary":"The data have been collected during with RV Lance 30 July-2 August 2017. Samples have been collected using baited traps in the glacier bay in front of Kronebreen in the inner part of Kongsfjorden."}},{"id":"cb059b78-c2e5-4b1d-b9d4-04e236642809","title":"Mesozooplankton diversity in Kongsfjorden including glacier front 2016 & 2017","value":"2023","subtitle":"Kongsfjorden — other","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/cb059b78-c2e5-4b1d-b9d4-04e236642809","props":{"released":"2023-05-22T12:59:41.655Z","topics":["other"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Kongsfjorden"}],"summary":"The data have been collected during two cruises (25-28 July 2016 & 30 July-2 August 2017) with RV Lance. Samples have been collected from the inner fjord basin to the shelf break station. Samples in front of tidewater glaciers were collected by helicopter and RV Lance in the glacial bays. In 2016, four stations were sampled from RV Lance and eight stations were sampled by a helicopter around the n"}},{"id":"e8d95fe0-9dd7-48b1-a05c-d33a7aba5a40","title":"Stable isotopes of zooplankton and fish Kongsfjorden including glacier front 2016 & 2017","value":"2023","subtitle":"Kongsfjorden — other","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/e8d95fe0-9dd7-48b1-a05c-d33a7aba5a40","props":{"released":"2023-05-23T13:08:57.119Z","topics":["other"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Kongsfjorden"}],"summary":"The data has been collected during a cruise with RV Lance  from 30 July to 2 August 2017. Samples have been collected from in front of tidewater glaciers by use of MIK nets and baited traps.\n\nThe dataset contains stable isotope ratios as d13C (‰) and d15N (‰) and trophic level. For the fish species the stomach content, stomach content wet weight and the degree of filling are also recorded."}},{"id":"0f0526ae-f965-4f89-8539-104fe1468631","title":"Mass balance of Austre Grønfjordbreen","value":"2020","subtitle":"Austre Gronfjordbreen — glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/0f0526ae-f965-4f89-8539-104fe1468631","props":{"released":"2020-02-11T12:39:01.230Z","topics":["glaciology"],"placenames":[{"area":"Nordenskiold land","country":"SJ","placename":"Austre Gronfjordbreen"}],"summary":"Dataset of net, winter and summer mass balances of Austre Gronfjordbreen, a valley glacier in western part of Nordenskiold land. Following dataset covers the period of 2012/2013 - 2018/2019. The data is planned to be published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2020. The dates of field surveys, the number of stakes and methods of winter measurements are also attached."}},{"id":"81d7648d-09e3-5a01-b288-7fd8623f5d75","title":"Mass balance of three glaciers on Svalbard","value":"2008","subtitle":"Spitsbergen — glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/81d7648d-09e3-5a01-b288-7fd8623f5d75","props":{"released":"2008-03-27T12:00:00.000Z","topics":["glaciology"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Spitsbergen"}],"summary":"The Norwegian Polar Institute measures mass balance on three glaciers, all in the Kongsfjorden area of north-western Spitsbergen, Svalbard. They are: Austre Brøggerbreen (data since 1967, Midtre Lovénbreen (since 1968) and Kongsvegen (since 1987). The first two are among the longest continuous high arctic glacier mass balance time-series. The Norwegian Polar Institute uses the so-called “combined "}},{"id":"21565514-ab3a-432a-ae42-2587bea95a97","title":"Annual coastlines for Svalbard","value":"2021","subtitle":"Svalbard — other","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/21565514-ab3a-432a-ae42-2587bea95a97","props":{"released":"2021-03-08T10:16:29.578Z","topics":["other"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Svalbard"}],"summary":"This dataset contains annual polygon shapefiles of complete Svalbard coastlines, produced as a part of the project Copernicus Glacier Service."}},{"id":"b3bb4ee2-fac8-4136-aa83-3977408b6d0c","title":"Annual mass balance of Svenbreen, Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard","value":"2020","subtitle":"Svenbreen — climate · glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/b3bb4ee2-fac8-4136-aa83-3977408b6d0c","props":{"released":"2020-01-31T14:47:03.483Z","topics":["climate","glaciology"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"SJ","placename":"Svenbreen"}],"summary":"Dataset of annual mass balances of Svenbreen, a small valley glacier in Central Spitsbergen, 2010/2011 - 2017/2018"}},{"id":"d60a919a-9cc8-4048-9686-df81bfdc2338","title":"Annual frontlines of marine-terminating glaciers on Svalbard","value":"2021","subtitle":"Svalbard — other","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/d60a919a-9cc8-4048-9686-df81bfdc2338","props":{"released":"2021-03-08T09:07:10.802Z","topics":["other"],"placenames":[{"area":"Svalbard","country":"NO","placename":"Svalbard"}],"summary":"This dataset contains annual shapefiles of marine-terminating glacier fronts on Svalbard, produced as a part of the project Copernicus Glacier Service."}},{"id":"ad6c4c5a-e926-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004","title":"Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund","value":"2013","subtitle":"glaciology","href":"https://data.npolar.no/dataset/ad6c4c5a-e926-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004","props":{"released":"2013-07-10T12:00:00.000Z","topics":["glaciology"],"placenames":[],"summary":"The mass balance of a glacier is the difference between accumulation in winter and ablation in summer, and is thus a measure of whether the glacier as a whole is increasing or shrinking. It is interesting to monitor mass balance because melting of glaciers can contribute to sea-level rise. Glaciers also influence the local climate and the conditions for fauna and flora in Svalbard. The mass balanc"}}],"count":20,"generated_at":"2026-07-16T21:39:26.043Z","cached":true}