Moored current velocity profiles from Sarqardleq Fjord, West Greenland, over July 2012 to April 2013

Sarqardleq Fjord is part of a tidewater glacier-fjord system in western Greenland. These velocity observations were collected as part of a field program to study the dynamics of the ice/ocean boundary layer of a medium-sized glacier. The glacier's margins are characterized by turbulent plumes fed by subglacial discharge, as well as broader, quiescent regions characterized by submarine melt. Ocean property and velocity data were collected to characterize the spatial and temporal variability of the near-ice dynamics. The current velocity profiles were collected by an 300 kilohertz (kHz) RDI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) deployed on a mooring at ~120 meter (m) depth. The velocity bins extend from 106m to 2m and have a width of 4m. The mooring was deployed from July 18, 2012 to April 15, 2013. It was located ~1.6 kilometers (km) from the glacier terminus.