(Erosion Prediction in Ungauged Basins: Integrating Methods and Techniques (Proceedings of Symposium HS01 held during IUGG2003 at Sapporo, July 2003), IAHS Publication No. 279, 2003, pp. 84–92).
Greenland is the largest island in the world, with an area 24,15,100 km2 and a smoothed coastline length of 7500 km, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Ocean and the sea between west Greenland and Canada. Very few gauging stations at which discharge is measured are located in this huge area, and the dissolved and sediment load are monitored at even fewer stations. Estimating the supply of sediment and solutes to the surrounding seas is therefore in reality a case of estimating loads from an ungauged area. This presentation discusses methods for estimation, and presents preliminary estimates of loads.
Dissolved load, Greenland, Sediment load, Ungauged basins
