Eastward and northward components of ocean current profiles from ADCP taken from small boat in Sarqardleq Fjord adjacent to a tidewater glacier, West Greenland from 2013-07-25 to 2013-07-27 (NCEI Accession 0177127)
This dataset contains underway ADCP current velocity profiles from Sarqardleq Fjord in West Greenland. Collected with RDI Workhorse 300 kHz ADCP (#14257) during July 25-27, 2013. Data are in netcdf format.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Straneo, Fiamma; Richards, Clark; Holte, James (2018). Eastward and northward components of ocean current profiles from ADCP taken from small boat in Sarqardleq Fjord adjacent to a tidewater glacier, West Greenland from 2013-07-25 to 2013-07-27 (NCEI Accession 0177127). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0177127. Accessed [date].
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Time Period | 2013-07-25 to 2013-07-27 |
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West: -50.4277
East: -50.284
South: 68.8979
North: 68.9484
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Purpose | The interaction of the ocean with tidewater glaciers around the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet is thought to be a key control on ice sheet stability. Thus, understanding the processes which drive melting of the calving fronts of tidewater glaciers by the ocean is fundamental to projections of future global mean sea level rise. Our understanding is however currently limited, partly due to the scarcity of oceanographic data from close to the calving fronts of tidewater glaciers. The primary goal of these ADCP water velocity measurements was to quantify the ocean conditions adjacent to a west Greenland tidewater glacier. In particular, knowledge of the water velocity is highly valuable as these are understood to be one of the two primary variables determining the rate at which the ocean melts the calving front of the glacier. |
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