Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet ...
Rising sea levels and increased surface melting of the Greenland ice sheet have heightened the need for direct observations of meltwater release from the ice edge to ocean. Buoyant sediment plumes that develop in fjords downstream of outlet glaciers are controlled by numerous factors, including melt...
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ftdatacite:10.7282/t3z036k1 2023-12-31T10:07:13+01:00 Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet ... Smith, Laurence C. Rennermalm, Asa K. Box, J. E. Forster, R. R. Chu, V. W. 2012 application/pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.7282/t3z036k1 https://scholarship.libraries.rutgers.edu/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/991031550047404646 en eng European Geosciences Union Open Greenland Ice Sheet Ice sheets--Greenland Runoff Meltwater--Greenland Sediments Geology--Greenland Suspended sediments Remote Sensing Hydrology ScholarlyArticle Journal article article-journal Text 2012 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.7282/t3z036k1 2023-12-01T10:39:33Z Rising sea levels and increased surface melting of the Greenland ice sheet have heightened the need for direct observations of meltwater release from the ice edge to ocean. Buoyant sediment plumes that develop in fjords downstream of outlet glaciers are controlled by numerous factors, including meltwater runoff. Here, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite imagery is used to average surface suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in fjords around ∼80% of Greenland from 2000–2009. Spatial and temporal patterns in SSC are compared with positive-degree-days (PDD), a proxy for surface melting, from the Polar MM5 regional climate model. Over this decade significant geographic covariance occurred between ice sheet PDD and fjord SSC, with outlet type (land- vs. marine-terminating glaciers) also important. In general, high SSC is associated with high PDD and/or a high proportion of land-terminating glaciers. Unlike previous site-specific studies of the Watson River plume at Kangerlussuaq, ... Text Greenland Ice Sheet Kangerlussuaq DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Rising sea levels and increased surface melting of the Greenland ice sheet have heightened the need for direct observations of meltwater release from the ice edge to ocean. Buoyant sediment plumes that develop in fjords downstream of outlet glaciers are controlled by numerous factors, including meltwater runoff. Here, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite imagery is used to average surface suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in fjords around ∼80% of Greenland from 2000–2009. Spatial and temporal patterns in SSC are compared with positive-degree-days (PDD), a proxy for surface melting, from the Polar MM5 regional climate model. Over this decade significant geographic covariance occurred between ice sheet PDD and fjord SSC, with outlet type (land- vs. marine-terminating glaciers) also important. In general, high SSC is associated with high PDD and/or a high proportion of land-terminating glaciers. Unlike previous site-specific studies of the Watson River plume at Kangerlussuaq, ... |
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Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet ... |
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Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet ... |
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