Vertical distribution of water mass properties under the influence of subglacial discharge in Bowdoin Fjord, northwestern Greenland

Ohashi, Yoshihiko; Aoki, Shigeru; Matsumura, Yoshimasa; Sugiyama, Shin; Kanna, Naoya; Sakakibara, Daiki

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-545-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-545-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-545-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

Research article

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04 May 2020

Research article |

| 04 May 2020

Vertical distribution of water mass properties under the influence of subglacial discharge in Bowdoin Fjord, northwestern Greenland

Yoshihiko Ohashi, Shigeru Aoki, Yoshimasa Matsumura, Shin Sugiyama, Naoya Kanna, and Daiki Sakakibara

Data sets

Observational data and numerical experimental files for subglacial discharge plume in Bowdoin Fjord, northwestern Greenland Y. Ohashi, S. Aoki, Y. Matsumura, S. Sugiyama, N. Kanna, and D. Sakakibara https://zenodo.org/record/3532803

Model code and software

Observational data and numerical experimental files for subglacial discharge plume in Bowdoin Fjord, northwestern Greenland Y. Ohashi, S. Aoki, Y. Matsumura, S. Sugiyama, N. Kanna, and D. Sakakibara https://zenodo.org/record/3532803

Short summary

Subglacial freshwater discharge affects fjord circulation, material transport, and biological productivity. To better understand the influence of subglacial discharge on properties of vertical water mass profiles of Bowdoin Fjord in northwestern Greenland, observations and numerical experiments were conducted. The vertical distributions of turbid freshwater outflow near the surface and at the subsurface were likely due to the amount of subglacial discharge and fjord stratification, respectively.