A simulation study on the effects of glacial meltwater discharge on net primary production in a Greenlandic fjord

• Main Authors: Hoshiba, Y., Matsumura, Y., Kanna, N., Ohashi, Y., Sugiyama, S.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Bowdoin; Bowdoin Fjord; Greenland; glacier; greenlandic; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5020740

Terminal glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet are bordered by hundreds of fjords and other marine areas. At the terminus of a marine-terminating glacier, a large amount of freshwater and suspended sediment (SS) is injected into the fjord by subglacial discharge. The meltwater discharge entrains lower...