Glaciological and climatological investigations at Qamanârssûp sermia, West Greenland

Abstract

As part of the GGU programme of investigations in connection with hydropower in West Greenland, glaciological and climatological measurements were continued at Qamanârssup serrnia (inventory no. lCH21002) in 1983. The station was first established in late summer 1979 so that records for four complete summers 1980-1983 are now available. Brief reports on the work have been given by Olesen (1981), Olesen & Braithwaite (1982) and Braithwaite (1983a), while more detailed analyses and presentations of data can be found in Braithwaite & Olesen (1982) and Braithwaite (1983b). A similar detailed report on the 1983 field work is now in preparation. As a supplement to the routine programme of measurements by GGU, mapping and survey work have been carried out by N. T. Knudsen & J. T. Møller of Aarhus University. A detailed map on the 1:10 000 scale of the lower parts of Qamanårssup serrnia has been prepared by Knudsen & Møller (1982), while ice velocity variations were analysed by Andreasen (1982).