Kuzyk, Z A; Macdonald, R W; Granskog, Mats A; Scharien, R K; Galley, Ryan; Michel, Christine; Barber, D; Stern, G (2008): (Table 4) Heat budget elements contributing to sea ice melt in the Churchill River estuary region [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.813408, In supplement to: Kuzyk, ZA et al. (2008): Sea ice, hydrological, and biological processes in the Churchill River estuary region, Hudson Bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 77(3), 369-384, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2007.09.030
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Latitude: 58.793700 * Longitude: -94.194300
Date/Time Start: 2005-03-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2005-05-29T00:00:00
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | Date/time end | Date/time end | Kuzyk, Z A | |||
| 3 | Season | Season | Kuzyk, Z A | |||
| 4 | River discharge | Q | m3/s | Kuzyk, Z A | Estimated | |
| 5 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | Kuzyk, Z A | measured at CR-30 Pumphouse by Manitoba Hydro | |
| 6 | Heat, flux, sensible | Qh | GJ/day | Kuzyk, Z A | riverine | |
| 7 | Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation, daily sum | SWD daily sum | MJ/m2/day | Kuzyk, Z A | Estimated | adapted from monthly mean values, Danielson (1969) |
| 8 | Area | Area | km2 | Kuzyk, Z A | of open water | |
| 9 | Parameter | Parameter | arbitrary units | Kuzyk, Z A | radiative heat flux to open water in GJ/day; assuming albedo = 0.1 | |
| 10 | Sea ice melt equivalent | Sea ice melt eq | km3/day | Kuzyk, Z A | assumes latent heat of fusion of 334 kJ/kg, sea ice density of 900 kg/m**3 | |
| 11 | Parameter | Parameter | arbitrary units | Kuzyk, Z A | sea ice melt equivalent in m/day, representing volume distributed over 15 km**2 area |
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