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Proglacial discharge measurements, Leverett Glacier, south-west Greenland
Measurements of water discharge, suspended sediment concentration and electrical conductivity during the melt seasons of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 in the proglacial river draining from the tongue of Leverett Glacier, a land-terminating glacier in the south-west of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The measurements were made in a stable bedrock section approximately 2 km downstream from the glacier terminus. Data loggers recorded measurements every 15 minutes from approximately May to August each year. Water depth (stage) was converted to discharge (Q) using season-specific ratings curves derived from repeat dye-dilution injections undertaken across the stage values. Suspended sediment concentration (SSC) was obtained by calibrating turbidity sensor readings with sediment samples taken in-situ and then filtered, dried and weighed. Electrical conductivity (EC) was recorded using a water conductivity probe; the data were filtered for bad values and corrected for temperature, but no smoothing was applied.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2015-11-20
- Date (Revision)
- 2015-11-20
- Date (Publication)
- 2015-11-20
- Date (released)
- 2015-11-20
- Edition
- None
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/17c400f1-ed6d-4d5a-a51f-aad9ee61ce3d
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- doi
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00840
- Codespace
- https://data.bas.ac.uk/
- Other citation details
- Please cite this item as: Tedstone, A. (2017). Proglacial discharge measurements, Leverett Glacier, south-west Greenland (Version None) [Data set]. Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK.. https://doi.org/10.5285/17c400f1-ed6d-4d5a-a51f-aad9ee61ce3d
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- No credit.
- Status
- completed Completed
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- Maintenance note
- completed Completed
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones
- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
- EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Discharge/Flow
- EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Surface Water Chemistry
- Theme
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- Greenland
- discharge
- electrical conductivity
- proglacial
- suspended sediment
- Place
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- Leverett Glacier, south-west Greenland Greenland
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- no limitations to public access
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- Open Government Licence v3.0
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- This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/
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- Other constraints
- This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3
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- Other constraints
- Requests for data can be made via the UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) at BAS.
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Environment
- Geoscientific information
- Inland waters
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- Begin date
- 2009
- End date
- 2009
Vertical extent
- Minimum value
- 445.0
- Maximum value
- 445.0
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- It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
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Methodology:
See the PhD theses of Tedstone (2015), Cowton (2013) and Bartholomew (2011) for information on the methodology, quality and lineage of this dataset.
Data collection:
Sensors - pressure transducers, sonic ranging devices, turbidity probes, electrical conductivity probes
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- Date stamp
- 2015-11-20
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- ISO 19115:2003(E)
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