McFadden, Ellyn M; Howat, Ian M; Joughin, Ian; Smith, Ben E; Ahn, Yushin (2011): (Table S2) Glacier geometries, presence of floating ice, and front retreat category for 59 marine terminating outlet glaciers in west Greenland 2000-2009 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.815951, In supplement to: McFadden, EM et al. (2011): Changes in the dynamics of marine terminating outlet glaciers in west Greenland (2000–2009). Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(F2), F02022, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JF001757
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 72.990985 * Median Longitude: -56.877697 * South-bound Latitude: 61.586100 * West-bound Longitude: -68.873400 * North-bound Latitude: 76.809400 * East-bound Longitude: -48.323600
Event(s):
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 4 | Glacier | Glacier | McFadden, Ellyn M | |||
| 5 | Glacier width | Glac w | km | McFadden, Ellyn M | ||
| 6 | Slope | Slope | McFadden, Ellyn M | 5 km pre-retreat; calc. from the front to the 5-km inland prior to measurable front retreat | ||
| 7 | Slope | Slope | McFadden, Ellyn M | 5 km post-retreat; calc. from the front to the 5-km inland following measurable front retreat | ||
| 8 | Slope | Slope | McFadden, Ellyn M | snowline pre-retreat; calc. from the inland-most grounding zone position to the estimated summer snowline prior to measurable front retreat | ||
| 9 | Slope | Slope | McFadden, Ellyn M | snowline post-retreat; calc. from the inland-most grounding zone position to the estimated summer snowline following measurable front retreat | ||
| 10 | Characteristic | Characteristic | McFadden, Ellyn M | presence of floating ice at the front during a portion of the study period | ||
| 11 | Tendency | Tendency | McFadden, Ellyn M | magnitude of retreat from 2000-2009; Stationary (<0.1 km change), Small Retreat (between 0.1-1.0 km retreat), Large Retreat (>1.0 km retreat) |
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