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Directory of European Glaciology: Sweden / Sverige
The research institutions listed here are derived from the glaciology literature and the IGS publication "Ice". See also the SPRI Library Catalogue.- Chalmers University of
Technology [Chalmers tekniska högskola], Göteborg
- Department of Radio
and Space Science
- Research: remote sensing of sea ice
- Department of Radio
and Space Science
- Göteborg
University
- Earth Sciences
Department [Geovetarcentrum]
- Department of Physical Geography
- Research: road icing and studies of winter weather and the associated road maintenance needs; ice and snow in the polar region
- Department of Oceanography
- Research: the poleward transport of heat in the atmosphere and its effect on Arctic Ocean ice cover
- Department of Physical Geography
- Latnjajaure Field Station, field site in The International Tundra Experiment
- Earth Sciences
Department [Geovetarcentrum]
- Lund University
[Lunds universitet]
- Department of
Geotechnology
- Research: radar glacier depth mapping
- Department
of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis
- Research: Remote sensing and GIS as applied to meteorology of ice and snow
- Department of
Quaternary Geology
- Research: glacial geology mainly southern Scandinavia and in Siberia and Antarctica; environmental changes during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene
- Department of Water Resources
Engineering
- Research: snow hydrology, snow in urban runoff models, thermal regime of ice-covered lakes
- Department of
Geotechnology
- Luleå University of
Technology [Luleå tekniska universitet]
- Cold Region
Technology Center
- Includes research on icing and construction in cold climates
- Department of Civil and Mining Engineering
- Research: Cold region soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering
- Division of Water Resources Engineering
- Research: Snow hydrology; measurement of ice cover thickness and frost depth; formation and growth of frazil and anchor ice
- Cold Region
Technology Center
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
[Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien]
- Stockholm University [Stockholms
universitet]
- Department of Meteorology
- Research: scattering properties of ice crystals, modelling airflow over glaciers
- Department of
Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology [Institutionen
för Naturgeografi och Kvartärgeologi]
- Glaciology
- Research: glacier dynamics, hydrology and meteorology, modelling of ice sheets and valley glaciers, ice cores, glaciers and climate change
- Tarfala Research Station
- Glaciology
- Stockholm Marine Research Centre [Stockholms Marina Forskningscentrum]
- Department of Meteorology
- Swedish Geotechnical
Institute [Statens geotekniska institut], Linköping
- Research: avalanche risks
- Swedish Meteorological and
Hydrological Institute [Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut]
- Research: remote sensing of sea ice and snow; effects of snow cover on river hydrology, cloud climate studies at high latitudes
- The Swedish Polar Research
Secretariat [Polarforskningssekretariatet] - with offices at the Royal
Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm
- Uppsala University [Uppsala
universitet]
- Institute of Earth
Sciences [Institutionen för geovetenskaper]
- Research: glacial geology, Quaternary studies; ice streams in polar regions; permafrost and periglacial features, including frost polygons and mounds, and ice wedges; Lomonosovfonna Summit Ice Core Project (Svalbard)
- Uppsala Water Centre [Uppsala vattencentrum]
- Research: water and heat transport in relation to snow and frost
- Institute of Earth
Sciences [Institutionen för geovetenskaper]
- Umeå University
- Climate
Impacts Research Centre
- Research: glaciology; remote sensing of snow and ice
- Climate
Impacts Research Centre
See also the Glaciological Links and Related Sites webpage from Stockholm University
IGS Correspondent - Sweden
Veijo A. Pohjola
Inst. of Earth Sciences/Physical Geography, Uppsala
University
Norbyvagen 18B, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Tel: [46](18)471-2509
Fax: [46](18)555-920
Email: veijo.pohjola@geo.uu.se