Involvement in ice2sea: involvement in W2.3.1.
Description of institution: The Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences follows the long tradition of Polish geophysical investigations, both theoretical and experimental. At the end of 2007 the Institute employed 177 persons (141 full-time and 34 part-time). The staff consisted of 14 professors, 10 associate professors, 33 assistant professors (with Ph.D degree) and 4 research assistants (with M.Sc. degree). The rest of personnel included 90 engineers and technicians (mostly engaged in geophysical observations), as well as 34 administration and service workers. The Department of Polar and Marine Research conducts the Polish polar research using the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund in Spitsbergen. The Polish Polar Station carries out variety of continuous observations of geophysical fields in the Arctic and it is also a basis for data collection in other scientific branches like biology. Thus, the Station is a valuable source of scientific information for many Polish and foreign scientists and the data obtained there are used in many papers related to various studies. The research is done in the following main directions: geomagnetic field, seismicity of the Arctic Sea basin, atmospheric electricity, optics of the atmosphere, ionospheric events in the “Polar cusp” region, mass balance of glaciers, long-range transport of pollutants from Europe to the Arctic, local and regional evolution of the environment, biological research.
Staff member: Dr. Piotr Glowacki – (Responsible Scientist)
Profile: Head of the Polar and Marine Department, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences and Manager Polish Polar Station on Hornsund. He is coordinator of Polish part of the 6 Framework EU “Strategic Coordination and Networking of European Polar RTD Programmes” – EUROPOLAR and coordinator of the Scientific Network “Multidisciplinary Investigation of the Geobiosystems in the Polar Regions”.
Staff member: Dariusz Puczko
Profile: An M.Sc. expert in glacier dynamics surveys, and expert GPR operator.
Staff member: Agnieszka Izykowska
Profile: An M.Sc., currently a Ph.D. student (waiting for her final examination). She is trained in radar and optical remote sensing methods, GIS technique in landscape monitoring.
Selected references:
Grabiec M., Leszkiewicz, J., Głowacki P., Jania J., 2006: Distribution of snow accumulation on some glaciers of Svalbard. Polish Polar Research, 27(4), s. 309 – 326.
Greuell W., Kohler J., Obleitner F., Głowacki P., Melvold K., Bernsen E. and Oerlemans J. 2007: Assessment of interannual variations in the surface mass balance of 18 Svalbard glaciers from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer/Terra albedo product. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, D07105. doi:10.1029/2006JD007245.
Jania J., Grabiec M., Gajek G., Kolondra L., Głowacki P., Puczko D., 2006: Changes in the topography of selected glaciers in southern Spitsbergen in the light of the GPS survey in 2005. [in:] The Mass Budget of Arctic Glaciers. Extended abstracts. Workshop and GLACIODYN Planning Meeting, 29 January – 3 February 2006, Obergurgl, IMAU Utrecht, 54-59.
Jania J., Macheret Yu., Navarro F., Glazovsky A., Vasilenko E., Lapazaran J., Glowacki P., Migala K., Balut A., Piwowar B.A., 2005: Temporal changes in the radiophysical properties of a polythermal glacier in Spitsbergen. Annals of Glaciology, 42, 125-134.
Pälli A., Moore J.C., Jania J.,Glowacki P. 2003: Glacier changes in southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard 1901-2000. Annals of Glaciology 37: 219-225.
