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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Coverage:
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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Parameter(s):
| # | 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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Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Date/time end | 3 Season | 4 Q [m3/s] | 5 Temp [°C] (measured at CR-30 Pumphouse b...) | 6 Qh [GJ/day] (riverine) | 7 SWD daily sum [MJ/m2/day] (adapted from monthly mean val...) | 8 Area [km2] (of open water) | 9 Parameter [arbitrary units] (radiative heat flux to open w...) | 10 Sea ice melt eq [km3/day] (assumes latent heat of fusion...) | 11 Parameter [arbitrary units] (sea ice melt equivalent in m/...) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-03-17 | Winter | 86 | 0.22 | 6.9E3 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0E0 | |||
| 2005-04-08 | 2005-04-14 | Pre-melt | 82 | 0.05 | 1.6E3 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0E0 | ||
| 2005-04-28 | Early melt: Apr 28 | 123 | 0.05 | 2.2E3 | 20 | 2.6 | 46E3 | 0.00018 | 0.012 | |
| 2005-05-02 | Early melt: May 2 | 301 | 0.10 | 11E3 | 20 | 2.6 | 46E3 | 0.00021 | 0.014 | |
| 2005-05-19 | 2005-05-23 | Peak flow | 608 | 0.18 | 39E3 | 21 | 11.0 | 200E3 | 0.00090 | 0.060 |
| 2005-05-29 | Break up | 630 | 9.62 | 2.2E6 | 22 | 38.0 | 750E3 | 0.01100 | 0.730 |