Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Events and Water Response in A Patagonian Fjord
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Collected
2.2.1. Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
2.2.2. River Discharge
2.2.3. Salinity and Temperature
2.2.4. Zooplankton Sampling
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Volume Backscatter, River, and Zooplankton in 2010
3.1.1. Seasonal Changes in Zooplankton
3.1.2. GLOF II–29 June 2010
3.2. Density, Volume Backscatter, River, and Zooplankton in 2014
3.2.1. Seasonal Changes in Zooplankton
3.2.2. GLOF 15–1 February 2014
4. Discussion
4.1. Comparison of 2010 and 2014
4.2. Fjord Response to GLOFs
4.3. Zooplankton Detection Using Acoustic Devices during GLOFs
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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GLOF Number | Date dd Month yyyy | Austral Season |
---|---|---|
1 | 6 April 2008 | Fall |
2 | 10 July 2008 | Spring |
3 | 21 December 2008 | Spring |
4 | 04 March 2009 | Summer |
5 | 16 September 2009 | Winter |
6 | 05 January 2010 | Summer |
7 | 04 March 2011 | Summer |
8 | 29 May 2011 | Fall |
9 | 26 January 2012 | Summer |
10 | 01 April 2012 | Fall |
11 | 07 November 2012 | Spring |
12 | 08 February 2013 | Summer |
13 | 10 April 2013 | Fall |
14 | 23 September 2013 | Spring |
15 | 01 February 2014 | Summer |
16 | 17 August 2014 | Winter |
Other Possible Events | ||
I | 02 May 2010 | Fall |
II | 29 June 2010 | Fall |
III | 12 October 2010 | Spring |
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Ross, L.; Pérez-Santos, I.; Parady, B.; Castro, L.; Valle-Levinson, A.; Schneider, W. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Events and Water Response in A Patagonian Fjord. Water 2020, 12, 248. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12010248
Ross L, Pérez-Santos I, Parady B, Castro L, Valle-Levinson A, Schneider W. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Events and Water Response in A Patagonian Fjord. Water. 2020; 12(1):248. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12010248
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoss, Lauren, Iván Pérez-Santos, Brigitte Parady, Leonardo Castro, Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, and Wolfgang Schneider. 2020. "Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Events and Water Response in A Patagonian Fjord" Water 12, no. 1: 248. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12010248