The Arctic region is warming four times faster than the global average, which is driving mass loss from glaciers, diminishing sea ice extent, and reducing seasonal snow cover. Svalbard’s cryosphere is front and centre of these changes.
SvalbardDT will utilise satellite Earth observation data and state-of-the-art physics-based and AI models to fully describe the characteristics of snow cover, glacier mass balance, and sea ice dynamics in Svalbard and
associated waters in the 21st Century. The DTC will be optimised and validated using Svalbard’s extensive record of in-situ observations.
