Monitoring of Hans Glacier movement dynamics (Hornsund Sw Spitsbergen, Svalbard)

Fast and exact GPS measurements are independent from weather and season of the year. For achieving reliable results, survey should be conducted at least once a month and at least twice a month in summer season (June-September). GPS RTK is suggested for pole movement determination. In case of real-time corrections limited availability (i.e. screening by mountains) using Rapid Static is a good choice. To minimize multipath error antenna should be placed at least 0,5m eccentric to pole and at 1 m height. Ablation pole movement vectors of Hans glacier indicate few relations. Most important feature is speed being about 10 times greater in foremost zone of glacier than in lateral parties of glacier. Measurements of lateral profile indicate that, accordingly to expectations, surface speed of glacier is greater in middle axis comparing to the edges or glacier.