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

Department of Glaciology and Climate

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6 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Glacier mass balance changes and meltwater discharge
Editors	Patrick Ginot, Jean-Emmanuel Sicart
Publisher	International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Pages	107-115
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-901502-39-8
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	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, Brazil Duration: 4 Apr 2005 → 9 Apr 2005

Publication series

Series	IAHS Publication
Volume	318
ISSN	0144-7815

Conference

Conference	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
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Foz do Iguacu
Period	4/04/05 → 9/04/05

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Glaciated
Greenland
Hydropower
Local ice cap
Mass balance
Tasersiaq basin

Programme Area

Programme Area 5: Nature and Climate

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Ahlstrøm, AP, Bøggild, CE, Olesen, OB, Petersen, D & Mohr, JJ 2007, Mass balance of the Amitsulôq ice cap, west Greenland. in P Ginot & J-E Sicart (eds), Glacier mass balance changes and meltwater discharge. International Association of Hydrological Sciences, IAHS Publication, vol. 318, pp. 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, Brazil, 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. ed. / Patrick Ginot; Jean-Emmanuel Sicart. International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2007. p. 107-115 (IAHS Publication, Vol. 318).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › peer-review

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