Size and bathymetry of Greiner Lake and other large lakes in its watershed, Nunavut

Most of the world’s lakes are in the Arctic, yet very little is known about these aquatic environments. We present here the size and depth data for five large lakes in the Greiner lake watershed near Cambridge Bay, southern Victoria Island, Nunavut. Using satellite imagery, a watershed digital surface model (WDSM) was generated to estimate surface area of Greiner lake, First lake, Second lake, Inuhuktok and Nakyulik. Bathymetry for each lake was generated using depth measures that were taken as point measures and a Biosonics or Humminbird echo sounder.

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Source https://nordicana.cen.ulaval.ca/en/publication.php?doi=45795CE-9776DFA4E6364D05
Version 1.0
Citation Rautio, M., Lapeyre, J., Ayala Borda, P., Grosbois, G., Harris, L.N., Malley, B.K., Blackburn-Desbiens,P., Moore, J.S. 2022. Size and bathymetry of Greiner Lake and other large lakes in its watershed, Nunavut, v. 1.0 (2018-2019). Nordicana D106, doi: 10.5885/45795CE-9776DFA4E6364D05.
Temporal coverage 1
Temporal coverage start
2018-07-01
Temporal coverage end
2019-08-31
Spatial coverage { "coordinates": [ -104.927, 69.191 ], "type": "Point" }
Station cen-whapmagoostui-kuujuarapik-research-station
Collaborator nordicana-d
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Depth (m)
Variable description
Lake depth measure
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https://nordicana.cen.ulaval.ca/en/infodonnees.php?id=468
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Publisher 1
Publisher name
Nordicana D
Publisher URL
https://nordicana.cen.ulaval.ca/en/
Provider 1
Provider name
Centre for Nordic Studies (CEN)
Provider URL
https://www.cen.ulaval.ca/