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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Fossil fuel contribution to Black Carbon deposition on Svalbard Glaciers

In this project, we aim at improving our understanding of the black carbon (BC) sources and concentration loading in Svalbard snow with an observational-based source apportionment study. BC has been identified as a strong climate forcing factor but still the origin of its sources in the Arctic, a...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Spatial and temporal dynamics of biogeochemical cycling in Svalbard snowpacks

Snow covers up to 50% of land during the boreal winter and is an interface that modulates energy and mass exchange between the land, the atmosphere and the cryosphere (e.g., glaciers). Snow and the underlying ice and soil, host complex microbial communities and act as a dynamic multiphase reactor...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard Snow Network (SnowNet) - consolidating and expanding the network for future actions

SnowNet was initially developed to respond to the need for increasing cooperation among international snow researchers and to highlight the role of snow in the Svalbard environment and its connection to other Flagship programs. This interdisciplinary research network, including classic discipline...

Awarded: NOK 0.42 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Spatial Distributions of Black Carbon and Mineral Dust in Air and Snow Surface Layers upon Svalbard Glaciers

In this project we aim at evaluating the distribution of Black Carbon (BC) and Mineral Dust (MD) in the atmospheric boundary layer over the snow surface and in the surface snow layers over targeted Svalbard glaciers and to identify the air-snow deposition mechanisms with particular attention to ...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard Snow Network

Building on previously funded workshops and pilot project, we would like to ensure the legacy of the Svalbard Snow Network through joint research publications (minimum 5). In order to foster and re-enforce international collaboration, three major goals will be addressed during the workshop: 1) sc...

Awarded: NOK 0.22 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Community Coordinated Snow Study in Svalbard

Snow largely controls the exchange of energy and mass between land surface and the atmosphere, thereby having considerable significance on the cryosphere as well as on the biosphere. This proposal aims for conducting a community-coordinated, multidisciplinary pilot field study of snowpack propert...

Awarded: NOK 0.36 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2018

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Taking the next step in Svalbard snow research

The goal of this workshop is to connect scientists (especially early career scientists) from different backgrounds in order to establish an interdisciplinary snow science research group in Svalbard. The idea is to foster and re-enforce international collaboration among snow scientists either work...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2015

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Snow Accumulation, Variation and Evolution around Ny-Ålesund

Snow is one the main interfaces between Earth surface and the atmosphere and covers 95% of Svalbard surface area during boreal winter. It has a very high albedo and a low thermal conductivity and both properties considerably affect the mass balance of glaciers and the dynamic of Svalbard vertebra...

Awarded: NOK 44,999

Project Period: 2015-2016

Location: Ukjent Fylke