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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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

Credit: No credit.

Status: Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of Bristol	Wadham, Jemma		Author
University of Edinburgh	Nienow, Peter		Author
University of Aberdeen	Mair, Douglas		Author
University of Aberdeen & University of Edinburgh	Sole, Andrew		Author
University of Bristol	Chandler, Dave		Author
University of Edinburgh	Bartholomew, Ian		Author
University of Edinburgh	Cowton, Tom		Author
University of Edinburgh	Tedstone, Andrew		Author
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Maintenance note: Completed

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

Theme

Greenland
discharge
electrical conductivity
proglacial
suspended sediment

Place

Leverett Glacier, south-west Greenland Greenland

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Environment
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Inland waters

Begin date: 2009

End date: 2009

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Minimum value: 445.0

Maximum value: 445.0

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Title: European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry

Date (Publication): 2008-11-12

Cited responsible party

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Petroleum Survey Group		EPSGadministrator@iogp.org	Publisher

Unique resource identifier: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031

Version: 6.18.3

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NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk	Distributor

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Statement: 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

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk	Point of contact

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