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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.
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Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 3 (ProcLevel3)
Size:
145 data points

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README_datasets_v2.txtREADME_datasets_v2.txtDescription, naming and content of datasetstext/plain5.1 kBytes2271feb47120f3ae7dd021ee87747030
RGI_3_CanadaN_BasinRunoff_v2.ncRGI_3_CanadaN_BasinRunoff_v2.ncNetCDF file, Meltwater discharge data; daily volumesapplication/x-hdf606 MBytes75de858f84311bed94e272c28cd08036Arctic Canada, North
RGI_3_CanadaN_Basins_v2.tifRGI_3_CanadaN_Basins_v2.tifGeoTIFF, Raster imageimage/tiff924 kBytesff996bdc23f4d5f9f29ca548290efbc3250 mArctic Canada, NorthEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic-1774067.0570-191067.05691910-1458657.16900-48657.16926647
RGI_3_CanadaN_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgRGI_3_CanadaN_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgOGC GeoPackage fileapplication/x-sqlite3388 kBytes5f88f450deb5aba51252e98dc93882daArctic Canada, NorthEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic-1314942.0570-308192.05690000-1306532.16900-501532.16930000
RGI_4_CanadaS_BasinRunoff_v2.ncRGI_4_CanadaS_BasinRunoff_v2.ncNetCDF file, Meltwater discharge data; daily volumesapplication/x-hdf595.6 MBytese6a6fb065a98231c4fb6fbd7c2d00712Arctic Canada, South
RGI_4_CanadaS_Basins_v2.tifRGI_4_CanadaS_Basins_v2.tifGeoTIFF, Raster imageimage/tiff1.5 MBytesd62da979ae85a3df8d1ea52c854500ca250 mArctic Canada, SouthEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic-2781837.8010-686587.80080000-3453704.26800-1144704.26800000
RGI_4_CanadaS_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgRGI_4_CanadaS_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgOGC GeoPackage fileapplication/x-sqlite3428 kBytesb8f592c8034566e26eecdf1b06eb0b88Arctic Canada, SouthEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic-1804462.8010-941462.80080000-2786579.26800-1217329.26800000
RGI_5_Greenland_BasinRunoff_v2.ncRGI_5_Greenland_BasinRunoff_v2.ncNetCDF file, Meltwater discharge data; daily volumesapplication/x-hdf1.4 GBytesdfc0b8bea2c7aa7502d0595e39f819d0Greenland
RGI_5_Greenland_Basins_v2.tifRGI_5_Greenland_Basins_v2.tifGeoTIFF, Raster imageimage/tiff2.5 MBytes611d2eaa4c5b6ca82e32f0534e37d34d250 mGreenlandEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic-1056004.52701275245.47300000-3417233.28300-483483.28330000
RGI_5_Greenland_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgRGI_5_Greenland_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgOGC GeoPackage fileapplication/x-sqlite3664 kBytes1e2e8ef52b776a9871d99595622d6987GreenlandEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic-752379.5272685870.47280000-3318358.28300-700358.28330000
RGI_6_Iceland_BasinRunoff_v2.ncRGI_6_Iceland_BasinRunoff_v2.ncNetCDF file, Meltwater discharge data; daily volumesapplication/x-hdf155.8 MBytes6c44a85db94d1d6dc7b0767eb34835b7Iceland
RGI_6_Iceland_Basins_v2.tifRGI_6_Iceland_Basins_v2.tifGeoTIFF, Raster imageimage/tiff382.4 kBytes66f311bc434ae13a52d259e9293d97ae250 mIcelandEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic617001.87601708751.87600000-3315726.48800-2208726.48800000
RGI_6_Iceland_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgRGI_6_Iceland_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgOGC GeoPackage fileapplication/x-sqlite3168 kBytes44423ba145d1788435782161430896dcIcelandEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic725876.87601229376.87600000-2764851.48800-2373601.48800000
RGI_7_Svalbard_BasinRunoff_v2.ncRGI_7_Svalbard_BasinRunoff_v2.ncNetCDF file, Meltwater discharge data; daily volumesapplication/x-hdf223.8 MBytesfdd301c9eb94bb1f618ad9ad34bca29cSvalbard and Jan Mayen
RGI_7_Svalbard_Basins_v2.tifRGI_7_Svalbard_Basins_v2.tifGeoTIFF, Raster imageimage/tiff525.4 kBytes8eca92611c5cd2ff561dae55fac06ab8250 mSvalbard and Jan MayenEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic390666.26851720166.26900000-1923973.74100-202223.74120000
RGI_7_Svalbard_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgRGI_7_Svalbard_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgOGC GeoPackage fileapplication/x-sqlite3192 kBytes1deac26840ca028ac95ae20cf2a5a82cSvalbard and Jan MayenEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic895041.26851260541.26900000-829598.74120-313098.74120000
RGI_9_RussiaN_BasinRunoff_v2.ncRGI_9_RussiaN_BasinRunoff_v2.ncNetCDF file, Meltwater discharge data; daily volumesapplication/x-hdf264.2 MBytes097d1d4da512e1522aebe4f2cb1bbfedRussian Arctic
RGI_9_RussiaN_Basins_v2.tifRGI_9_RussiaN_Basins_v2.tifGeoTIFF, Raster imageimage/tiff735.6 kBytesff01cce6bdbaf12a8735fd2c75426552250 mRussian ArcticEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic390666.26852221666.26900000-574922.722301254577.27800000
RGI_9_RussiaN_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgRGI_9_RussiaN_OutflowPoints_v2.gpkgOGC GeoPackage fileapplication/x-sqlite3232 kBytes1a2e4bf3608cc37b79f8b943828c3c68Russian ArcticEPSG:3574 - WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Atlantic683291.26851903041.26900000-81047.722261063702.27800000
panArctic_MonthlyBasinRunoff_v2.ncpanArctic_MonthlyBasinRunoff_v2.ncNetCDF file, Meltwater discharge data, monthly sumsapplication/x-hdf146 MBytesf362cbea0975640c76eff9c3cd3235e0Pan-Arctic