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FreshLink
The FreshLink project aims at performing research on the thinning of the Greenland ice sheet margin, which
clearly has a global impact. Here, we will combine several different techniques to estimate the freshwater flux
from the Greenland Ice Sheet and surrounding land in a local area in SW Greenland - Nuuk. Focus is on
analyzing different freshwater contributions to the sea, represented here by the fjord Godthåbsfjorden, and to
evaluate the historical and future magnitude as well as seasonal distribution. Finally, attempts to match
freshwater runoff from land with measured freshwater flux in the upper layers of the fjord, facilitates an
independent test of the performance of the ice/land discharge modeling.
Institutions involved
The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR), The Greenland Survey (Asiaq),
The Technical University of Denmark Space (DTU Space), the Geological Survey of Denmark and
Greenland (GEUS), the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) and University of Alaska Fairbanks (GIA)
Financial support
The present project has recieved financial support from the Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland
(KVUG) and the Danish Energy Agency as part of the climate support program to the Arctic.
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