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Glacier dynamic ice loss quantified through seismic eyes (CALVINGSEIS) – Dataset

hasData_Center_Short_Name
  • Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ
hasDataset_Online_Resource
hasDataset_Release_Date
  • 2019
hasDataset_Title
  • Glacier dynamic ice loss quantified through seismic eyes (CALVINGSEIS) – Dataset
hasEntry_ID
  • 10.5880/GIPP.201604.1
hasKeyword
  • geology
  • cryo-seismology
  • glacier monitoring
  • icequakes
hasSummary
  • Glacial contribution to eustatic sea level rise is currently dominated by loss of the smaller glaciers and ice caps, about 40% of which are tidewater glaciers that lose mass through calving ice bergs. The most recent predictions of glacier contribution to sea level rise over the next century are strongly dependent upon models that are able to project individual glacier mass changes globally and through time. A relatively new promising technique for monitoring glacier calving is through the use of passive seismology. CalvingSEIS aims to produce high temporal resolution, continuous calving records for the glaciers in Kongsfjord, Svalbard, and in particular for the Kronebreen glacier laboratory through innovative, multi-disciplinary monitoring techniques combining fields of seismology and bioacoustics to detect and locate individual calving events autonomously and further to develop methods for the quantification of calving ice volumes directly from the seismic and acoustic signals.
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