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Chandler, David M; Wadham, Jemma; Nienow, Peter; Doyle, Samuel H; Tedstone, Andrew; Telling, Jon; Hawkings, Jonathan; Alcock, Jonathan; Linhoff, Benjamin; Hubbard, Alun L (2021): Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) traces of Moulin L41A on the Greenland Ice Sheet measured in summer 2012 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.926850

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Abstract:
SF6 gas traces were injected into Moulin L41A, and samples were collected in the proglacial river near Leverett Glacier terminus (67.09N, -50.23E). A total of 11 traces were carried out between 16 June and 6 August, 2012. Tracers were injected at ~19:00 hrs, shortly after the peak daily moulin discharge (typically between 15:00 and 19:00 hrs). Tracer concentrations were monitored by collecting water samples from the proglacial river draining Leverett Glacier and were analysed by a Cambridge Scientific 300-series gas chromatograph fitted with an electron capture detector. Analytical errors (estimated from the analysis of duplicate samples) were below 15% and the level of detection of SF6 was below 0.005 parts per trillion by mass in water. The analytical method was more sensitive than that employed in our previous study at this site (Chandler et al., 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1737) and is described in detail by Chandler et el. (In review, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
Keyword(s):
Greenland; hydrology; Ice Sheet; moulin; subglacial; tracing
Related to:
Chandler, David M; Wadham, Jemma; Nienow, P W; Doyle, Samuel H; Tedstone, Andrew; Telling, Jon; Hawkings, Jonathan; Alcock, Jonathan; Linhoff, Benjamin; Hubbard, Alun L (2021): Rapid development and persistence of efficient subglacial drainage under 900 m-thick ice in Greenland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 566, 116982, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116982
Chandler, David M; Wadham, Jemma; Nienow, Peter; Doyle, Samuel H; Tedstone, Andrew; Telling, Jon; Hawkings, Jonathan; Alcock, Jonathan; Linhoff, Benjamin; Hubbard, Alun L (2021): Ice ablation record from the Greenland Ice Sheet measured in spring/summer 2012. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.926842
Chandler, David M; Wadham, Jemma; Nienow, Peter; Doyle, Samuel H; Tedstone, Andrew; Telling, Jon; Hawkings, Jonathan; Alcock, Jonathan; Linhoff, Benjamin; Hubbard, Alun L (2021): Proglacial river discharge from the Greenland Ice Sheet measured in spring/summer 2012. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.926841
Chandler, David M; Wadham, Jemma; Nienow, Peter; Doyle, Samuel H; Tedstone, Andrew; Telling, Jon; Hawkings, Jonathan; Alcock, Jonathan; Linhoff, Benjamin; Hubbard, Alun L (2021): Supraglacial river discharge into Moulin L41A on the Greenland Ice Sheet measured in spring/summer 2012. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.926844
Chandler, David M; Wadham, Jemma; Nienow, Peter; Doyle, Samuel H; Tedstone, Andrew; Telling, Jon; Hawkings, Jonathan; Alcock, Jonathan; Linhoff, Benjamin; Hubbard, Alun L (2021): Westwards component of ice surface velocity on the Greenland Ice Sheet measured in spring/summer 2012. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.926843
Coverage:
Latitude: 66.970000 * Longitude: -49.270000
Date/Time Start: 2012-06-16T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-08-06T19:10:00
Event(s):
Moulin_L41A * Latitude: 66.970000 * Longitude: -49.270000 * Location: Greenland ice sheet * Method/Device: Ice observation (ICEOBS) * Comment: Observation duration: spring/summer 2012
Comment:
Tracer injection times are local time (UTC-3). Times after injection are the time in hours after the gas was released into the moulin. SF6 concentration is the concentration in the proglacial river, reported as parts per trillion by mass in water, and is usually the mean of duplicate samples.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
IdentificationIDChandler, David MTrace ID
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeChandler, David MGeocode – UTC-3
Time in hoursTimehChandler, David MTime after injection
Sulfur hexafluoride, SF6SF6ng/kgChandler, David MGas chromatograph with an electron capture detector (GC-ECD)Original unit: ppt
Size:
1137 data points

Data

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