Fig. 5: Estimates of freshwater discharge from icebergs along fjords and iceberg life span in each fjord.
From: Significant contribution of small icebergs to the freshwater budget in Greenland fjords
The distance between melange edge and fjord mouth is divided into 2.5 km segments and melt rate is calculated within each segment. Solid lines in panels a and b represent melt rate calculations with wind velocity \({\overrightarrow{v}}_{\rm{{{a}}}}=1.7\) m s−1 which is the mean \({\overrightarrow{v}}_{\rm{{{a}}}}\) for June–July 2019, obtained from PROMICE MIT weather station25. Colored regions represent one standard deviation of wind velocity σ = 1.2 m s−1 (see Section S4). Life span histograms are calculated with \({\overrightarrow{v}}_{\rm{{{a}}}}=1.7\) m s−1. Note the differences in y-axes.
