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Engabreen is a north-western outlet from the western Svartisen ice cap. Mass balance measurements began in 1970 andfront variation observations in 1903. The Svartisen Subglacial Laboratory is a research facility situated under Engabreen.

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LIA - 2018
Year area

(kmĀ²)
Source
LIA 40.24 LIA-morain
1968 38.02 Glacier map
1985 38.03 Glacier map
1988 37.11 Landsat
1999 36.02 Landsat
2001 39.55 LiDAR
2008 36.84 LiDAR
2016 36.25 Pleiades
2018 34.41 Sentinel-2
1903 - 2023
Year Length change (m) Cumulative length change (m)
1903 0 Start
1909 100 100
1910 10 110
1911 -13 97
1912 -2 95
1913 7 102
1914 -9 93
1915 -3 90
1916 5 95
1917 0 95
1918 -8 87
1919 -15 72
1920 -8 64
1921 4 68
1922 10 78
1923 -30 48
1924 27 75
1925 -10 65
1926 -13 52
1927 -8 44
1928 29 73
1929 -22 51
1930 15 66
1931 -35 31
1934 -612 -581
1935 101 -480
1936 -5 -485
1937 -271 -756
1938 -37 -793
1939 -481 -1274
1940 -172 -1446
1941 -40 -1486
1942 -65 -1551
1951 -400 -1951
1952 22 -1929
1953 0 -1929
1965 -180 -2109
1966 5 -2104
1967 10 -2094
1968 22 -2072
1969 8 -2064
1970 34 -2030
1971 28 -2002
1972 -31 -2033
1973 -12 -2045
1974 -4 -2049
1975 0 -2049
1976 7 -2042
1977 31 -2011
1978 25 -1986
1979 20 -1966
1980 2 -1964
1981 -1 -1965
1982 -18 -1983
1983 19 -1964
1984 4 -1960
1985 -11 -1971
1986 -23 -1994
1987 -8 -2002
1988 -51 -2053
1990 -43 -2096
1991 -24 -2120
1993 21 -2099
1995 111 -1988
1996 35 -1953
1997 -3 -1956
1998 33 -1923
1999 0 -1923
2000 -10 -1933
2001 -25 -1958
2002 -6 -1964
2003 -60 -2024
2004 -22 -2046
2005 -56 -2102
2006 -15 -2117
2007 -34 -2151
2008 -29 -2180
2009 -8 -2188
2010 -11 -2199
2011 -20 -2219
2012 -2 -2221
2013 -20 -2241
2014 -56 -2297
2015 -6 -2303
2016 -8 -2311
2017 -8 -2319
2018 -140 -2459
2019 -61 -2520
2020 -45 -2565
2021 -26 -2591
2022 -28 -2619
2023 -78 -2697
1970 - 2022
Year Winter balance (m.w.e.) Summer balance (m.w.e.) Annual balance (m.w.e.)
1970  1.77 -3.04 -1.27
1971  2.95 -2.21  0.74
1972  2.94 -3.52 -0.57
1973  3.84 -1.91  1.93
1974  3.12 -2.66  0.45
1975  2.67 -1.68  0.99
1976  3.40 -1.60  1.80
1977  1.91 -1.58  0.33
1978  1.92 -3.18 -1.26
1979  3.12 -3.31 -0.20
1980  2.41 -3.34 -0.93
1981  2.54 -2.51  0.04
1982  2.04 -1.62  0.41
1983  1.98 -1.53  0.45
1984  3.55 -2.75  0.80
1985  1.24 -2.86 -1.62
1986  2.50 -2.72 -0.22
1987  2.32 -1.88  0.44
1988  2.06 -3.79 -1.74
1989  4.11 -1.97  2.14
1990  3.20 -2.91  0.28
1991  2.42 -2.12  0.30
1992  3.78 -2.44  1.34
1993  2.84 -2.14  0.69
1994  1.60 -1.64 -0.04
1995  3.17 -1.95  1.22
1996  2.78 -2.48  0.30
1997  4.15 -3.64  0.51
1998  2.66 -3.03 -0.37
1999  1.88 -2.49 -0.61
2000  2.49 -1.88  0.61
2001  1.38 -2.98 -1.59
2002  2.66 -3.69 -1.02
2003  2.19 -3.28 -1.09
2004  2.65 -2.46  0.18
2005  3.03 -2.55  0.48
2006  1.57 -3.41 -1.84
2007  3.14 -2.47  0.68
2008  2.58 -2.71 -0.14
2009  2.88 -2.95 -0.07
2010  2.00 -2.75 -0.75
2011  2.84 -3.81 -0.97
2012  3.16 -2.09  1.07
2013  2.30 -4.12 -1.82
2014  2.59 -3.48 -0.89
2015  3.27 -2.61  0.65
2016  2.66 -2.88 -0.23
2017  3.67 -2.42  1.25
2018  1.75 -3.38 -1.63
2019  3.45 -2.66  0.79
2020  3.72 -2.55  1.17
2021  2.88 -3.38 -0.50
2022  3.46 -3.31  0.14