Monitoring and modelling of a glaciated terrestrial ecosystem and land ocean fluxes to the adjacent fjord system (Sermilik Station, East Greenland)

Updated 2012-08-16

Monitoring and modelling of a glaciated terrestrial ecosystem and land ocean fluxes to the adjacent fjord system. Main gaps: - Basic funding for long-term monitoring - Basic funding for data and data base handling A few short gaps due to sensor failures

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Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1995 -
Data collection: 1995 -
Data processing: 1995 -
Data reporting: 1995 -

Contact information

Contact person: - -
Address: Bjarne Holm Jakobsen, Institute of Geography & Geology, University of Copenhagen
Email: kd.uk.oeg@jhb

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Air/aerosol

Ice/snowpack

Seawater/suspended particulate matter

Geography

Regions studied: Mittivakkat Glacier (Sermilik Fjord, E Greenland)
Stations or areas where observations are made: Sermilik Station

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: Basic climate data from coastal station and station at glacier equilibrium line: Si, Temp., RH, Wind (direction and speed) and precipitation. Basic river data: Stage, discharge, Temp., conductivity, sediment concentration and transport. Basic data on changing delta and coastal geomorphology. Basic data on glacier mass balance and glacier dynamics.

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: University of Copenhagen (KU)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: SEDIBUD (SEDIBUD), SCANNET (SCANNET), Arctic HYDRA (Arctic HYDRA)