Greenland firn aquifer impacts on ice sheet hydrology, near Helheim Glacier, Greenland, 2015-2016.
In spring of 2011, a perennial storage of water was observed in the firn of the southeastern Greenland ice sheet, a region of both high snow accumulation and high melt. This aquifer is created through percolation of surface meltwater downward through the firn, saturating the pore space above the ice...
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dataone:urn:uuid:05243727-d932-4150-b73e-d56fc72c06d8 2024-06-03T18:46:51+00:00 Greenland firn aquifer impacts on ice sheet hydrology, near Helheim Glacier, Greenland, 2015-2016. Nicholas Schmerr Our field site in southeastern Greenland was situated 70 km west from Sermilik Fjord in the upper portion of Helheim Glacier, 40 km west from its terminus. ENVELOPE(-39.5,-39.1,66.38,66.34) BEGINDATE: 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z 2018-10-29T00:00:00Z https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:05243727-d932-4150-b73e-d56fc72c06d8 unknown Arctic Data Center active source firn SEGY aquifer seismic refraction cryoseismology Dataset 2018 dataone:urn:node:ARCTIC 2024-06-03T18:11:46Z In spring of 2011, a perennial storage of water was observed in the firn of the southeastern Greenland ice sheet, a region of both high snow accumulation and high melt. This aquifer is created through percolation of surface meltwater downward through the firn, saturating the pore space above the ice-firn transition. The aquifer may play a significant role in sea level rise through storage or draining freshwater into the ocean, and the goal of our experiment was to quantify the volume of water that is stored in the aquifer system. The Greenland Ice Seismic Experiment (GreenISE) is to investigate the structure of this perennial firn aquifer found near the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. The experiment uses high frequency active source refraction seismology to probe the hydrology and structure of the uppermost firn and ice layers of the ice sheet. Locations were visited in two years to determine the variation in hydrologic setting over the Greenland summer and characterize the role of surface melting processes in ice sheets. This dataset is permanently archived as an assembled dataset at the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Data Management System, Assembed Dataset 14-064. The data can be accessed at the following link: http://ds.iris.edu/mda2/14-064/ Dataset glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Sermilik Arctic Data Center (via DataONE) Greenland ENVELOPE(-39.5,-39.1,66.38,66.34) |
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In spring of 2011, a perennial storage of water was observed in the firn of the southeastern Greenland ice sheet, a region of both high snow accumulation and high melt. This aquifer is created through percolation of surface meltwater downward through the firn, saturating the pore space above the ice-firn transition. The aquifer may play a significant role in sea level rise through storage or draining freshwater into the ocean, and the goal of our experiment was to quantify the volume of water that is stored in the aquifer system. The Greenland Ice Seismic Experiment (GreenISE) is to investigate the structure of this perennial firn aquifer found near the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. The experiment uses high frequency active source refraction seismology to probe the hydrology and structure of the uppermost firn and ice layers of the ice sheet. Locations were visited in two years to determine the variation in hydrologic setting over the Greenland summer and characterize the role of surface melting processes in ice sheets. This dataset is permanently archived as an assembled dataset at the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Data Management System, Assembed Dataset 14-064. The data can be accessed at the following link: http://ds.iris.edu/mda2/14-064/ |
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Greenland firn aquifer impacts on ice sheet hydrology, near Helheim Glacier, Greenland, 2015-2016. |
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Greenland firn aquifer impacts on ice sheet hydrology, near Helheim Glacier, Greenland, 2015-2016. |
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Greenland firn aquifer impacts on ice sheet hydrology, near Helheim Glacier, Greenland, 2015-2016. |
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Greenland firn aquifer impacts on ice sheet hydrology, near Helheim Glacier, Greenland, 2015-2016. |
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Greenland firn aquifer impacts on ice sheet hydrology, near Helheim Glacier, Greenland, 2015-2016. |
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greenland firn aquifer impacts on ice sheet hydrology, near helheim glacier, greenland, 2015-2016. |
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Arctic Data Center |
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Our field site in southeastern Greenland was situated 70 km west from Sermilik Fjord in the upper portion of Helheim Glacier, 40 km west from its terminus. ENVELOPE(-39.5,-39.1,66.38,66.34) BEGINDATE: 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Sermilik |
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glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Sermilik |
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