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Igneczi, Adam; Bamber, Jonathan L (2024): Pan-Arctic land-ice and tundra meltwater discharge database from 1950 to 2021 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.967544 (DOI registration in progress)

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Abstract:
A high resolution (daily, 250m) land ice and tundra meltwater discharge dataset for the period 1950-2021 in an easily accessible and storage efficient database covering most of the Arctic and sub-Arctic North Atlantic (SNA) ocean region, i.e. Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Russian Arctic Islands. We distribute 3 files for each Randolph Glacier Inventory v.6.0 first order region studied. These regions are RGI-03 Arctic Canada North (CanadaN), RGI-04 Arctic Canada South (CanadaS), RGI-05 Greenland (Greenland), RGI-06 Iceland (Iceland), RGI-07 Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Svalbard), RGI-09 Russian Arctic (RussiaN). In addition, we distribute a single pan-Arctic file (panArctic_MonthlyBasinRunoff.nc). Meltwater discharge is derived from daily ~6 km regional climate model, Modéle Atmosphérique Régional (MAR), runoff simulations that are statistically downscaled and routed to the coastlines. The statistical downscaling algorithm uses native vertical gradients of the MAR data and high resolution (250 m) DEM, land mask (Copernicus GLO-90) and ice mask (GIMP, RGI) datasets. Routing to coastal outflow points is performed by a hydrological routing scheme applied to the high-resolution DEM and the downscaled runoff. Meltwater components from non-glaciated land, bare glacier ice and glaciated area above the snowline are separated to facilitate further analysis.
Keyword(s):
Arctic; Arctic PASSION; Canada; Discharge; Greenland; Iceland; Meltwater; North Atlantic Ocean; Russian Arctic; Svalbard
Related to:
Igneczi, Adam; Bamber, Jonathan L (in prep.): A high-resolution, operational pan-Arctic meltwater discharge database from 1950 to 2021.
References:
Igneczi, Adam; Bamber, Jonathan L (2023): A high-resolution, operational pan-Arctic meltwater discharge database from 1950 to 2021 - EGU23. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8351
Funding:
Horizon 2020 (H2020), grant/award no. 101003472: Pan-Arctic observing System of Systems: Implementing Observations for societal Needs (Arctic PASSION)
Coverage:
Latitude: 66.500000 * Longitude: 0.000000
Event(s):
Pan-Arctic_Circle * Latitude: 66.500000 * Longitude: 0.000000
Comment:
Further details on the description and naming conventions for the RGI region-specific data products can be accessed by downloading the binary file README_datasets.txt from the data table.
Parameter(s):
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6Binary Object (MD5 Hash)Binary (Hash)Igneczi, AdamCompilation
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8LocationLocationIgneczi, AdamCompilation
9Coordinate reference systemCRSIgneczi, AdamCompilation
10Longitude, westboundLongitude westIgneczi, AdamCompilation
11Longitude, eastboundLongitude eastIgneczi, AdamCompilation
12Latitude, southboundLatitude southIgneczi, AdamCompilation
13Latitude, northboundLatitude northIgneczi, AdamCompilation
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 3 (ProcLevel3)
Size:
145 data points

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