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Snow melt monitoring at Fugleberget, around Hornsund, Svalbard, 2014-2016

We present a multi-year high-resolution spatial data set on snow cover evolution in a catchment located in South-West Spitsbergen on Svalbard. The data set has significant potential for validation of satellite-derived snow extent (SE) products and provides unique baseline information for various studies in this high-Arctic setting. An automatic camera system was set near the summit of Fugleberget, overlooking an area of several square kilometres near the Hornsund Polish Polar Station. In total, 203 images obtained during three spring and summer seasons were orthorectified and georeferenced using a Matlab-based toolbox, followed by a GIS-based classification of the snow-covered area at a spatial scale of 0.72 km². The results allow for precise quantification of the snow-covered area in daily resolution over the entire ablation period. In the studied Fuglebekken catchment, the highest rate of snow disappearance was observed in late May/early June.

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  • photographs
  • maps
  • long_term
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  • EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE INDICATORS > SNOW COVER DEGRADATION
  • EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER
  • EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW MELT
  • EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE
  • EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ALBEDO
Start date 2014-04-08
End date 2016-07-18
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Source https://dataportal.igf.edu.pl/dataset/snow-melt-monitoring-at-fugleberget-around-hornsund-svalbard-2014-2016
Dataset DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9070733
Dataset version 1.0
Date of metadata edit 2025-01-31
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Name of data centre contact Konrad Bąkowski
Data centre contact email konrad.bakowski@igf.edu.pl