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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Size:
428 data points
Data
| 1 Event | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Glacier | 5 Glac w [km] | 6 Slope (5 km pre-retreat; calc. from ...) | 7 Slope (5 km post-retreat; calc. from...) | 8 Slope (snowline pre-retreat; calc. f...) | 9 Slope (snowline post-retreat; calc. ...) | 10 Characteristic (presence of floating ice at t...) | 11 Tendency (magnitude of retreat from 200...) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison_Gl | 74.6226 | -56.2181 | Alison | 4.9 | 0.010 | 0.040 | 0.047 | 0.052 | yes | large retreat |
| Avangnardleq_Gl | 62.2015 | -49.0063 | Avangnardleq | 1.7 | 0.100 | 0.099 | 0.046 | 0.046 | no | stationary |
| Balgoni_Gl | 76.1944 | -60.7147 | Balgoni | 2.2 | 0.080 | 0.079 | 0.032 | 0.032 | no | small retreat |
| Cornell_Gl | 74.2364 | -56.0928 | Cornell | 5.2 | 0.054 | 0.053 | 0.054 | 0.053 | no | small retreat |
| DeDodes_Centr_Gl | 76.2523 | -67.2391 | De Dodes Central | 2.6 | 0.032 | 0.023 | 0.034 | 0.023 | no | large retreat |
| DeDodes_E_Gl | 76.3073 | -66.8817 | De Dodes East | 3.5 | no | small retreat | ||||
| DeDodes_W_Gl | 76.1906 | -67.4177 | De Dodes West | 4.6 | no | large retreat | ||||
| Dietrichsons_Gl | 75.4592 | -58.0809 | Dietrichsons | 3.4 | 0.019 | 0.018 | 0.021 | 0.019 | no | small retreat |
| Docker_Smith_Gl | 76.2371 | -60.9630 | Docker Smith | 2.9 | 0.045 | 0.094 | 0.081 | 0.089 | yes | large retreat |
| Edvard_Gl | 76.3067 | -61.9745 | Edvard | 4.7 | 0.022 | 0.038 | 0.031 | 0.032 | yes | large retreat |
| Eqip_Gl | 69.7842 | -50.2460 | Eqip | 3.6 | 0.053 | 0.057 | 0.029 | 0.029 | no | large retreat |
| Fisher_Gl | 76.2381 | -61.4034 | Fisher | 2.5 | 0.068 | 0.058 | 0.054 | 0.051 | no | small retreat |
| Gade_Gl | 76.4151 | -63.3565 | Gade | 3.4 | 0.046 | 0.040 | 0.051 | 0.054 | no | small retreat |
| Giesecke_Gl | 73.4914 | -55.4635 | Giesecke | 4.1 | 0.028 | 0.032 | 0.028 | 0.027 | no | small retreat |
| Haffner_Gl | 76.2894 | -62.5473 | Haffner | 4.3 | no | small retreat | ||||
| Harald_Moltke_Gl | 76.6093 | -67.8366 | Harald Moltke | 10.0 | 0.018 | 0.019 | 0.017 | 0.018 | no | large retreat |
| Helland_Gl | 76.1880 | -64.8670 | Helland | 3.7 | no | small retreat | ||||
| Igdlulik_Gl | 74.4009 | -56.1096 | Igdlulik | 5.0 | 0.030 | 0.031 | 0.020 | 0.021 | no | small retreat |
| Igssuarssuit_Gl | 76.0434 | -60.6680 | Igssuarssuit | 4.0 | 0.018 | 0.018 | 0.014 | 0.015 | yes | small retreat |
| Ingia_Gl | 72.0137 | -52.6709 | Ingia | 3.3 | 0.014 | 0.017 | 0.030 | 0.030 | no | large retreat |
| Jakobshavn_Gl | 69.1831 | -49.6243 | Jakobshavn | 9.4 | 0.020 | 0.018 | 0.023 | 0.024 | yes | large retreat |
| Jensen_Gl | 75.1658 | -57.8040 | Jensen | 9.3 | no | small retreat | ||||
| Kangerdlugssup | 71.4643 | -51.4096 | Kangerdlugssup | 3.4 | 0.031 | 0.030 | 0.026 | 0.026 | no | small retreat |
| Kangia_Gl | 64.2995 | -49.6142 | Kangia | 3.7 | 0.062 | 0.065 | 0.042 | 0.045 | no | large retreat |
| Kangigdleq_Gl | 70.7284 | -50.6401 | Kangigdleq | 3.1 | 0.071 | 0.069 | 0.043 | 0.044 | no | small retreat |
| Kangilerngata_Gl | 69.8962 | -50.3440 | Kangilerngata | 4.4 | 0.021 | 0.017 | 0.021 | 0.022 | no | large retreat |
| Kong_Oscar_Gl | 76.4240 | -59.1223 | Kong Oscar | 4.1 | 0.020 | 0.023 | 0.025 | 0.027 | yes | large retreat |
| Kujatdleq_Gl | 69.9974 | -50.1902 | Kujatdleq | 4.1 | 0.032 | 0.032 | 0.028 | 0.028 | no | small retreat |
| Leven_Gl | 76.2372 | -61.0597 | Leven | 3.2 | 0.097 | 0.095 | 0.089 | 0.095 | no | large retreat |
| Meteor_Gl | 76.3581 | -64.3406 | Meteor | 2.3 | 0.036 | 0.036 | 0.041 | 0.041 | no | stationary |
| Mohn_Gl | 76.2385 | -63.6104 | Mohn | 6.4 | no | small retreat | ||||
| Morells_Gl | 76.3523 | -62.8908 | Morells | 5.3 | 0.035 | 0.037 | 0.029 | 0.031 | no | small retreat |
| Murdoch_Gl | 76.2531 | -61.8337 | Murdoch | 3.4 | 0.020 | 0.026 | 0.029 | 0.031 | no | small retreat |
| Nansen_Gl | 75.7269 | -58.9365 | Nansen | 8.0 | 0.038 | 0.038 | 0.025 | 0.025 | yes | small retreat |
| Narssap_Gl | 64.6539 | -50.0397 | Narssap | 3.9 | no | small retreat | ||||
| Nordenskiolds_Gl | 76.8094 | -59.1653 | Nordenskiolds | 8.0 | 0.048 | 0.054 | 0.041 | 0.042 | no | small retreat |
| Nutarmiut_Gl | 73.8242 | -53.0759 | Nutarmiut | 4.5 | 0.039 | 0.039 | 0.034 | 0.033 | no | small retreat |
| Perdlerfiup_Gl | 70.9914 | -50.9360 | Perdlerfiup | 2.8 | 0.094 | 0.108 | 0.080 | 0.077 | no | small retreat |
| Pituffik_Gl | 76.2223 | -68.8734 | Pituffik | 4.6 | 0.025 | 0.022 | 0.025 | 0.022 | no | large retreat |
| Qamanarssup_Gl | 64.3475 | -49.6273 | Qamanarssup | 2.9 | 0.062 | 0.056 | 0.039 | 0.040 | no | stationary |
| Rink_Gl | 71.7356 | -51.6542 | Rink | 3.9 | no | small retreat | ||||
| Savigssuaq_Gl | 76.1909 | -65.2448 | Savigssuaq | 3.1 | no | small retreat | ||||
| Sermiligarssuk_Gl | 61.5861 | -48.3236 | Sermiligarssuk | 2.8 | no | stationary | ||||
| Silardleq_Gl | 70.8040 | -50.8110 | Silardleq | 3.1 | 0.029 | 0.032 | 0.033 | 0.035 | no | large retreat |
| Steenstrup_Gl | 75.2709 | -57.9823 | Steenstrup | 11.9 | no | large retreat | ||||
| Store_Gl | 70.3893 | -50.5834 | Store | 5.0 | 0.025 | 0.026 | 0.024 | 0.023 | no | small retreat |
| Sugar_Loaf_Gl | 73.9457 | -55.7436 | Sugar Loaf | 5.0 | 0.028 | 0.028 | 0.039 | 0.044 | no | small retreat |
| Sverdrups_Gl | 75.5719 | -58.1972 | Sverdrups | 6.0 | 0.020 | 0.015 | 0.016 | 0.014 | no | large retreat |
| Torssukatak_Gl | 69.3638 | -50.3175 | Torssukatak | 3.4 | 0.056 | 0.043 | 0.040 | 0.038 | no | large retreat |
| Torsukatat_Gl | 70.0579 | -50.2986 | Torsukatat | 4.5 | 0.039 | 0.039 | 0.024 | 0.027 | no | stationary |
| Tuvssaq_Gl | 73.2243 | -55.1591 | Tuvssaq | 3.1 | 0.031 | 0.029 | 0.028 | 0.025 | no | stationary |
| Ukassorssuaq_Gl | 61.9615 | -48.7518 | Ukassorssuaq | 4.0 | 0.032 | 0.031 | 0.028 | 0.027 | no | stationary |
| Umiamako_Gl | 71.7343 | -52.4148 | Umiamako | 3.1 | 0.068 | 0.046 | 0.026 | 0.031 | no | large retreat |
| Upernavik_Centr_Gl | 72.9390 | -54.3730 | Upernavik Central | 3.7 | 0.039 | 0.038 | 0.036 | 0.036 | no | small retreat |
| Upernavik_N_Gl | 73.0006 | -54.4423 | Upernavik North | 4.4 | 0.032 | 0.024 | 0.038 | 0.046 | yes | large retreat |
| Upernavik_NW_Gl | 73.0101 | -54.5292 | Upernavik Northwest | 3.3 | 0.057 | 0.054 | 0.035 | 0.039 | no | large retreat |
| Upernavik_S_Gl | 72.8527 | -54.3589 | Upernavik South | 3.3 | 0.017 | 0.021 | 0.024 | 0.022 | no | stationary |
| Ussing_Gl | 73.8460 | -55.6228 | Ussing | 3.8 | 0.027 | 0.028 | 0.034 | 0.032 | no | stationary |
| Yngvar_Nielson_Gl | 76.3284 | -64.0804 | Yngvar Nielson | 3.0 | 0.010 | 0.006 | 0.037 | 0.035 | yes | small retreat |