Towards quantifying the glacial runoff signal in the freshwater input to Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, NE Greenland

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Towards quantifying the glacial runoff signal in the freshwater input to Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, NE Greenland. / Citterio, Michele; Sejr, Mikael K.; Langen, Peter L.; Mottram, Ruth H.; Abermann, Jakob; Larsen, Signe Hillerup; Skov, Kirstine; Lund, Magnus.

In: Ambio, Vol. 46, No. Suppl. 1, 2017, p. 146-159.

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Citterio, M, Sejr, MK, Langen, PL, Mottram, RH, Abermann, J, Larsen, SH, Skov, K & Lund, M 2017, 'Towards quantifying the glacial runoff signal in the freshwater input to Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, NE Greenland', Ambio, vol. 46, no. Suppl. 1, pp. 146-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0876-4

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Citterio, M., Sejr, M. K., Langen, P. L., Mottram, R. H., Abermann, J., Larsen, S. H., Skov, K., & Lund, M. (2017). Towards quantifying the glacial runoff signal in the freshwater input to Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, NE Greenland. Ambio, 46(Suppl. 1), 146-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0876-4

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Citterio M, Sejr MK, Langen PL, Mottram RH, Abermann J, Larsen SH et al. Towards quantifying the glacial runoff signal in the freshwater input to Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, NE Greenland. Ambio. 2017;46(Suppl. 1):146-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0876-4

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Citterio, Michele ; Sejr, Mikael K. ; Langen, Peter L. ; Mottram, Ruth H. ; Abermann, Jakob ; Larsen, Signe Hillerup ; Skov, Kirstine ; Lund, Magnus. / Towards quantifying the glacial runoff signal in the freshwater input to Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, NE Greenland. In: Ambio. 2017 ; Vol. 46, No. Suppl. 1. pp. 146-159.

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title = "Towards quantifying the glacial runoff signal in the freshwater input to Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, NE Greenland",
abstract = "Terrestrial freshwater runoff strongly influences physical and biogeochemical processes at the fjord scale and can have global impacts when considered at the Greenland scale. We investigate the performance of the HIRHAM5 regional climate model over the catchments delivering freshwater to Tyrolerfjord and Young Sound by comparing to the unique Greenland Ecological Monitoring database of in situ observations from this region. Based on these findings, we estimate and discuss the fraction of runoff originating from glacierized and non-glacierized land delivered at the daily scale between 1996 and 2008. We find that glaciers contributed on average 50–80% of annual terrestrial runoff when considering different sections of Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, but snowpack depletion on land and consequently runoff happens about one month earlier in the model than observed in the field. The temporal shift in the model is a likely explanation why summer surface salinity in the inner fjord did not correlate to modelled runoff.",
keywords = "Glacial runoff, Greenland, Modelling, Observations, Surface salinity",
author = "Michele Citterio and Sejr, {Mikael K.} and Langen, {Peter L.} and Mottram, {Ruth H.} and Jakob Abermann and Larsen, {Signe Hillerup} and Kirstine Skov and Magnus Lund",
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RIS

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AU - Citterio, Michele

AU - Sejr, Mikael K.

AU - Langen, Peter L.

AU - Mottram, Ruth H.

AU - Abermann, Jakob

AU - Larsen, Signe Hillerup

AU - Skov, Kirstine

AU - Lund, Magnus

PY - 2017

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N2 - Terrestrial freshwater runoff strongly influences physical and biogeochemical processes at the fjord scale and can have global impacts when considered at the Greenland scale. We investigate the performance of the HIRHAM5 regional climate model over the catchments delivering freshwater to Tyrolerfjord and Young Sound by comparing to the unique Greenland Ecological Monitoring database of in situ observations from this region. Based on these findings, we estimate and discuss the fraction of runoff originating from glacierized and non-glacierized land delivered at the daily scale between 1996 and 2008. We find that glaciers contributed on average 50–80% of annual terrestrial runoff when considering different sections of Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, but snowpack depletion on land and consequently runoff happens about one month earlier in the model than observed in the field. The temporal shift in the model is a likely explanation why summer surface salinity in the inner fjord did not correlate to modelled runoff.

AB - Terrestrial freshwater runoff strongly influences physical and biogeochemical processes at the fjord scale and can have global impacts when considered at the Greenland scale. We investigate the performance of the HIRHAM5 regional climate model over the catchments delivering freshwater to Tyrolerfjord and Young Sound by comparing to the unique Greenland Ecological Monitoring database of in situ observations from this region. Based on these findings, we estimate and discuss the fraction of runoff originating from glacierized and non-glacierized land delivered at the daily scale between 1996 and 2008. We find that glaciers contributed on average 50–80% of annual terrestrial runoff when considering different sections of Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, but snowpack depletion on land and consequently runoff happens about one month earlier in the model than observed in the field. The temporal shift in the model is a likely explanation why summer surface salinity in the inner fjord did not correlate to modelled runoff.

KW - Glacial runoff

KW - Greenland

KW - Modelling

KW - Observations

KW - Surface salinity

U2 - 10.1007/s13280-016-0876-4

DO - 10.1007/s13280-016-0876-4

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EP - 159

JO - Ambio

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SN - 0044-7447

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