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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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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00840
Date (Publication)
2020-01-29
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00840
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK. - Tedstone, A.
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • 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
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Greenland
  • discharge
  • electrical conductivity
  • proglacial
  • suspended sediment
Use limitation
This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Inland waters
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2009
End date
2012
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Protocol
http
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Function
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dataset Dataset

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File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00840 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-01-29
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00840
 
 

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