Oceanic Boundary Conditions for Jakobshavn Glacier. Part II: Provenance and Sources of Variability of Disko Bay and Ilulissat Icefjord Waters, 1990–2011

• Published in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Main Authors: Holland, David M., Lee, Craig M., Gladish, Carl
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Ilulissat; Baffin; Cape Farewell; Disko Bay; glacier; Jakobshavn
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97577

Jakobshavn Glacier, west Greenland, has responded to temperature changes in Ilulissat Icefjord, into which it terminates. Basin waters in this fjord exchange with neighboring Disko Bay waters of a particular density at least once per year. This study determined the provenance of this isopycnic layer...