SILA network data

Informations: Ellesmere Lac A (ELLLACA)

 

Measurement site

  Latitude : 83.00228
  Longitude : -75.38961
  Altitude (m) :
  Startup date : August 1, 2003
  Closing date : July 16, 2016

Site location

   
The station is located on the delta perched on the shore of Lake A. The surface of the delta comprises a polygon network.

Site description

   
The river that flows into Lake A is not of glacial origin anymore.
Lake A has a depth of 120 m and discharge into the Arctic Ocean at Rambow Bay.
It is considered as meromictic because it is stratified and does not mix or very little near the surface. From 20 m depth, water is of marine origin.