| Principal Investigator: | Burgess, David O (15) |
| Licence Number: | 17480 |
| Organization: | NRCAN |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2024
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| Issued: | Mar 07, 2024 |
| Project Team: | Bradley Danielson |
Objective(s): i) To provide science based knowledge pertaining to the patterns and rates of climate change, and ii) To provide a quantitative basis for estimating Canada’s contributions to global sea-level rise.
Project Description: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5851. The objectives of this integrated monitoring and research project is to provide i) science based knowledge pertaining to the patterns and rates of climate change, and ii) a quantitative basis for estimating Canada’s contributions to global sea-level rise. The glacier mass balance measurements are derived following the Stratigraphic System (Cogley et al., 2011) whereby mass change of the ice cap surface over the course of one year is calculated as the water equivalent (w.e.) difference between successive annual measurements of pole length above the previous end-of-summer surface. Thus, pole measurements obtained during the spring visits of 2023 and 2024 provide information needed to calculate mass balance (summer, winter, and net) for the period Sept 1, 2022 to Sept 1, 2023. Field crews communicate with the logistics provider Polar Continental Shelf Program via two-way radio or Iridium satellite phone two times daily (7.30 and 19.00) to inform of status. Field crews also carry Iridium satellite phones at all times, and will call PCSP at regular scheduled times, even if away from main camp. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from: April 07 - May 08, 2024
