Tasersuaq Lake and Glacier, north of Nuuk, Greenland
To provide scale, the tongue of the glacier is 3 km wide. Tasersuaq Glacier is 70kms long after it leaves the Greenland Ice Sheet. This glacier is one of six that drain into Godtha˚bsfjord.
Scientists are currently studying the glacier in response to climate change. The runoff is measured and assessed and also the surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet in the Nuuk region (southwest of Greenland) is being measured, observed and assessed using output of two regional climate models.
My oblique aerial photograph also reveals the regional jointing and faults in the landmass.
The outwash of meltwater and moraine extends for 7 kms down the valley then enters Lake Tasersuaq. In this image much of the surface of the lake has refrozen through the winter and in early summer when this was photographed the lake ice was at its maximum extent.
Tasersuaq Lake and Glacier, north of Nuuk, Greenland
To provide scale, the tongue of the glacier is 3 km wide. Tasersuaq Glacier is 70kms long after it leaves the Greenland Ice Sheet. This glacier is one of six that drain into Godtha˚bsfjord.
Scientists are currently studying the glacier in response to climate change. The runoff is measured and assessed and also the surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet in the Nuuk region (southwest of Greenland) is being measured, observed and assessed using output of two regional climate models.
My oblique aerial photograph also reveals the regional jointing and faults in the landmass.
The outwash of meltwater and moraine extends for 7 kms down the valley then enters Lake Tasersuaq. In this image much of the surface of the lake has refrozen through the winter and in early summer when this was photographed the lake ice was at its maximum extent.