From land to fjords: The review of Svalbard hydrology from 1970 to 2019 (SvalHydro)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F21%3A00122818" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/21:00122818 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4294063" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4294063</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4294063" target="_blank" >10.5281/zenodo.4294063</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
From land to fjords: The review of Svalbard hydrology from 1970 to 2019 (SvalHydro)
Original language description
Svalbard was long seen as a canary in the coalmine for climate change. Now this early warning system has suffered irreparable damage. Svalbard has warmed 2-6 times faster than the rest of the world, and we can expect further increase in air temperature (by 4–7°C), precipitation (by 45–65%) and more frequent heavy rainfall and floods. Contrary to predictions from regional climate models, freshwater fluxes from some glacierised catchments have steadily decreased for over a decade. Yet in rainfall dominated watersheds, water discharge has been increasing. To understand the implications, we must improve hydrological research in Svalbard. Ground newly uncovered by receding glaciers develops permafrost when exposed to harsh Arctic winters. Simultaneously, permafrost thaw produces new water sources and flowpaths. Current hydrogeological models do not account for such complexity. The boundaries of the hydrological year have shifted due to earlier onset of snowmelt, and later freeze up. Other weaknesses in hydrological research come from scarcity of long-term monitoring, outdated methods and data for evaporation and condensation and a lack of data on precipitation change with elevation. As every new broken record reminds us, it is more urgent than ever to understand Svalbard’s hydrology.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10501 - Hydrology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
SESS Report 2020 – The State of Environmental Science in Svalbard – an annual report
ISBN
9788269152890
Number of pages of the result
26
Pages from-to
176-201
Number of pages of the book
284
Publisher name
Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS)
Place of publication
Longyearbyen
UT code for WoS chapter
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