Iceberg tracking near Sermilik Fjord, Southeast Greenland from 2012-2014

This dataset contains positions reported from 10 large, deep-keeled icebergs tracked near Sermilik Fjord, Southeast Greenland. The icebergs were tracked by deploying GPS units by helicopter on their surface. 5 iceberg tracker units were deployed in summer 2012 and 5 more in summer 2013. Here we list...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David A. Sutherland
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Arctic Data Center 2014
Subjects:
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICEBERGS
EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS
DRILLING PLATFORM
SATELLITE
POINT
HOURLY TO DAILY
geoscientificInformation
oceans
Greenland
Sermilik
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18739/A29882M33
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Summary:This dataset contains positions reported from 10 large, deep-keeled icebergs tracked near Sermilik Fjord, Southeast Greenland. The icebergs were tracked by deploying GPS units by helicopter on their surface. 5 iceberg tracker units were deployed in summer 2012 and 5 more in summer 2013. Here we list those positions (latitude and longitude) and time of all these icebergs. The GPS units use the Globarstar network to report positions, with horizontal accuracies ~20 m and no vertical information. Nominal reporting interval was set to 1 hour, though intermittent gaps are common.

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