Mass balance of the Amitsulôq ice cap, west Greenland

Andreas P. Ahlstrøm; Carl Egede Bøggild; Ole B. Olesen; Dorthe Petersen; Johan J. Mohr

Mass balance of the Amitsulôq ice cap, west Greenland

Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
, Carl Egede Bøggild
, Ole B. Olesen
, Dorthe Petersen
, Johan J. Mohr

Afdeling for Glaciologi og Klima

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Resumé

We present detailed mass balance measurements from the Amitsulôq ice cap in West Greenland spanning from 1982 to 1990. The data includes summer and winter balances from 26 stake locations distributed over five transects covering the whole ice cap. The mass balance measurements are combined with a recent satellite-derived digital elevation model to calculate the specific balance, which is in turn compared to discharge data from the adjacent Tasersiaq basin. The correlation between specific summer balance and discharge is R² = 0.93 indicating that the basin discharge is dominated by glacial meltwater, linking the hydropower potential of the basin closely to the fate of the adjoining Greenland ice-sheet margin.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Glacier mass balance changes and meltwater discharge
Redaktører	Patrick Ginot, Jean-Emmanuel Sicart
Forlag	International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Sider	107-115
Antal sider	9
ISBN (Trykt)	978-1-901502-39-8
Status	Udgivet - 2007
Begivenhed	7th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Science, IAHS - Workshop on Andean Glaciology and Symposium on the Contribution from Glaciers and Snow Cover to Runoff from Mountains in Different Climates - Foz do Iguacu, Brasilien Varighed: 4 apr. 2005 → 9 apr. 2005

Publikationsserier

Navn	IAHS Publication
Vol/bind	318
ISSN	0144-7815

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Konference	7th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Science, IAHS - Workshop on Andean Glaciology and Symposium on the Contribution from Glaciers and Snow Cover to Runoff from Mountains in Different Climates
Land/Område	Brasilien
By	Foz do Iguacu
Periode	4/04/05 → 9/04/05

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Programområde 5: Natur og klima

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Ahlstrøm, AP, Bøggild, CE, Olesen, OB, Petersen, D & Mohr, JJ 2007, Mass balance of the Amitsulôq ice cap, west Greenland. i P Ginot & J-E Sicart (red), Glacier mass balance changes and meltwater discharge. International Association of Hydrological Sciences, IAHS Publication, bind 318, s. 107-115, 7th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Science, IAHS - Workshop on Andean Glaciology and Symposium on the Contribution from Glaciers and Snow Cover to Runoff from Mountains in Different Climates, Foz do Iguacu, Brasilien, 4/04/05.

Mass balance of the Amitsulôq ice cap, west Greenland. / Ahlstrøm, Andreas P.; Bøggild, Carl Egede; Olesen, Ole B. et al.
Glacier mass balance changes and meltwater discharge. red. / Patrick Ginot; Jean-Emmanuel Sicart. International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2007. s. 107-115 (IAHS Publication, Bind 318).

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