West_Greenland_Fjords_CTD_allcasts_2010-2011-2012

• 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; FIELD SURVEY; TRANSECT; POINT; UNKNOWN; Arctic; Greenland; Hudson; McGrath; Mikkelsen; greenlandic; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:187f9126-2736-49d1-ba01-3d2e84dffd78

This project studies Greenlandic River Plumes 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...