The Svalbard Science Conference 2017 Alphabetical List of Abstracts by first author (Tentative) List of abstracts Coupled Atmosphere – Climatic Mass Balance Modeling of Svalbard Glaciers (id 140), Kjetil S. Aas et al. .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Dynamics of legacy and emerging organic pollutants in the seawater from Kongsfjorden (Svalbard, Norway) (id 85), Nicoletta Ademollo et al. .................................................................................... 16 A radio wave velocity model contributing to precise ice volume estimation on Svalbard glaciers (id 184), Songtao Ai et al. ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Glacier front detection through mass continuity and remote sensing (id 88), Bas Altena et al. .. 19 Pan-Arctic GNSS research and monitoring infrastructure and examples of space weather effects on GNSS system. (id 120), Yngvild Linnea Andalsvik et al. ............................................................................ 19 Methane release related to retreat of the Svalbard – Barents Sea Ice Sheet. (id 191), Karin Andreassen et al. ............................................................................................................................................................. 20 European Plate Observing System – Norway (EPOS-N) (id 144), Kuvvet Atakan et al. ................... 21 Photosynthetic performances and isotopic signature in Arctic plant species (id 132), Angela Augusti et al. ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Evolution of pro-deltas: a print of glacier melt processes (id 129), Agnès Baltzer et al. ................. 24 Black carbon and nanoparticles profiles along glaciers in the Spitsbergen (Svalbard) region. (id 106), Elena Barbaro ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 An integrated approach to study the sources of Arctic aerosol using water soluble organic and inorganic compounds as chemical markers. (id 105), Elena Barbaro ..................................................... 26 The study of Svalbard local moss diversity and possbilities for cooperation with other researches. (id 56), Olga Belkina ............................................................................................................................. 28 Dense water plumes SW off Spitsbergen Archipelago (Arctic) in 2014-2017. (id 18), Manuel Bensi et al. .......................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Studying the analogy between terrestrial rock glaciers and Martian Glacier-Like Forms (GLFs) at high-resolutions. (id 25), Anshuman Bhardwaj et al. ..................................................................................... 31 Variation of phytoplankton assemblages of Kongsfjorden in early autumn 2012: A microscopic and pigment ratio based assessment. (id 206), Jane T. Bhaskar et al. ...................................................... 32 Svalbard fjords as harbingers of the future Arctic: A call for interdisciplinary research on interconnected ecosystems. (id 190) Kai Bischof1,2 & Geir Wing Gabrielsen3 1Marine Botany, 2 University of Bremen, Germany; 2Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany; 3Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway [email protected] ............................................ 33 Diversity of Arctic Phytoplankton Community During Summer 2015 in Costal Water of Kongsfjorden in NyAlesund, Svalbard. (id 31), Nihayet Bizsel et al. ........................................................ 34 Fresh water input to the Hornsund Fiord (Southern Spitsbergen). (id 75), Malgorzata Blaszczyk et al. ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 The Bayelva high Arctic permafrost long-term observation site: an opportunity for joint international research on permafrost, atmosphere, ecology and snow. (id 216), Julia Boike ....... 36 Effects of simulated pink-footed goose grubbing and climate warming on ecosystem process rates of three High Arctic plant communities. (id 164), Matteo Petit Bon et al. ................................... 37 Geodetic constraints on ice-mass changes on Svalbard. (id 98), Kristian Breili et al. ....................... 38 The challenge and the benefit of geophysical mapping in the Norwegian high arctic: a comparison of potential field data acquisition from various platforms. (id 48), Marco Brönner et al. ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 39 Influence of environmental parameters on the use and spatio-temporal distribution of Arctic seal Erignathus barbatus vocalizations in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard Islands. (id 38), Giuseppa Buscaino et al. ................................................................................................................................................................... 40 NextGEOSS Cold Region pilot – cross-disciplinary data integration for better science and decision-making. (id 142), Bente Lilja Bye et al. ................................................................................................ 41 Mathematical Tool for a closure study of aerosol microphysical property retrieval using lidar, photometer and in situ particle counter data. (id 133), Christine Böckmann et al. ........................... 43 Dominant bacteria genera of Kongsfjorden reflected by water masses in summer. (id 203), Shunan Cao et al. .......................................................................................................................................................... 45 Aerosol vertical profiles in the Arctic. (id 168), David Cappelletti et al. ................................................. 46 Morphodynamics and sedimentary processes in arctic transitional environments: Dicksonfjorden, Svalbard. (id 139), Kyungsik Choi et al. .............................................................................. 48 The influence of permafrost on slope dynamics in Svalbard. (id 169), Hanne H. Christiansen et al. ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 48 Monitoring Glacier Displacement in Western Svalbard Using Landsat 8 and Sentinel-1 Data. (id 202), ZHOU Chunxia et al. ........................................................................................................................................... 50 The importance of annual and shorter term temperature patterns and variation in the surface levels of polar soils for polar terrestrial biota. (id 112), Peter Convey et al. ........................................ 50 3 Integrated Observations: traditional time series and new technologies (id 141), Finlo Cottier .. 51 The AC3 project: why is the Arctic warming faster than the mid latitudes? (id 183), Susanne Crewell et al. ...................................................................................................................................................................... 52 ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES IN HIGH ARCTIC TUNDRA. (id 87), Anna Cwanek et al. ..... 53 Comparative analysis of soundscape of chosen valleys in Spitsbergen during summer and winter. (id 135), Dorota Czopek et al. ................................................................................................................................... 54 From the dark side - polar night research in Kongsfjorden. (id 214), Malin Daase et al. ................ 55 Contribution of Atmospheric Advection to the Amplified Winter Warming in the Arctic North Atlantic Region. (id 14), Sandro Dahlke et al. ..................................................................................................... 55 Pan-Svalbard temperature differences: Trends, Seasonality and Shorter Scale events from station data (id 15), Sandro Dahlke et al. ............................................................................................................. 57 Study of ionospheric scintillations from conjugate sites at Ny-Ålesund and Zhongshan. (id 11), Giulia D'Angelo et al. ..................................................................................................................................................... 58 Monitoring of nitrogen oxides at Svalbard: measurements in Adventdalen (id 108), Alena Dekhtyareva et al. ........................................................................................................................................................... 59 Systemic pattern of environmental pollution: organoclorines and heavy metals in soils and plants of barentsburg and surrounding area. (id 76), Andrey S. Demeshkin ........................................ 61 Convection resolving climate simulations over Svalbard (id 91), Andreas Dobler et al. ................. 62 Isotopic