West_Greenland_Fjords_Suspended_Sediment_vs_MODIS_reflectance

• Main Authors: Irina Overeem, Benjamin Hudson
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2015
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SUSPENDED SOLIDS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > FJORDS; EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE INDICATORS > FRESHWATER RUNOFF; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > SAMPLERS > BOTTLES/FLASKS/JARS > WATER BOTTLES; FIELD SURVEY; TRANSECT; POINT; UNKNOWN; inlandWaters; environment; Arctic; Greenland; Hudson; McGrath; Mikkelsen; greenlandic; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2K59K

This project studies Greenlandic Rivers as integrated signals of a rapidly changing Arctic hydrological cycle. Observed increased rates of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) are expected to have a profound impact on the runoff of numerous rivers draining the ice sheet margin. River plumes are pr...