Open AccessImproved accumulation measurements on Glacier ICG14033 near Nuuk/Godthåb, West Greenland
Author(s) -
Roger J. Braithwaite,
Henrik Højmark Thomsen
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v145.8077
Subject(s) - glacier , glaciology , geology , hydropower , structural basin , snow , glacier mass balance , glacier morphology , geomorphology , ice caps , physical geography , surface runoff , hydrology (agriculture) , cryosphere , climatology , geography , ice stream , telmatology , engineering , seismology , sea ice , ecology , biology , electrical engineering , tectonics , geotechnical engineering
Glacier 1CG14033 is a small (1.1 km2 ) glacier located in the Kangerluarsunnguaq or Buksefjorden basin, which is a possibie site for a hydropower station to supply energy to Nuuk/Godthåb (fig. 1). Glaciers only occupy 1-2% of the basin area (Weidick & Thomsen, 1983), but glaciological measurements have been made since 1982 to investigate the possibie effects of glaciers on runoff and to contribute to GGU's programme of regional glaciology.