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

• 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

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.