TABLE 1.
Physical characteristics of meltwater streams.
| Glacier | Region | Date sampled | Glacier area (km2) | Latitude | Longitude | Elevation (m) | Vol. water filtered (mL) | Temperature (°C) | Conductivity (μS/cm) | pH | Total suspended solids (g/L) |
| Herbert | Alaska | 27-Jun-17 | 60a | 58.539120° | −134.684540° | 280 | 3 × 300 | 0.30 | 21.00 | 7.70 | 0.339 |
| Mendenhall | Alaska | 28-Jun-17 | 127a | 58.438010° | −134.544570° | 113 | 3 × 300 | 0.20 | 18.00 | 8.61 | 0.219 |
| Lemon | Alaska | 29-Jun-17 | 15a | 58.364320° | −134.478740° | 20 | 3 × 360 | 5.30 | 38.00 | 7.81 | 0.025 |
| Eagle | Alaska | 29-Jun-17 | 53a | 58.528640° | −134.805680° | 6 | 3 × 480 | 3.70 | 18.00 | 8.07 | 0.050 |
| Leverett | GrIS | 5-Sep-17 | 1200b | 67.064770° | −50.162940° | 314 | 3 × 300 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 9.32 | 0.963* |
| Russell | GrIS | 6-Sep-17 | 120c | 67.076780° | −50.276820° | 182 | 3 × 300 | 0.00 | 35.00 | 8.85 | 0.5* |
| Qinnguata Kuussua | GrIS | 7-Sep-17 | 1800d | 67.016170° | −50.653090° | 42 | 3 × 300 | 0.00 | 33.00 | 8.75 | NA |
| Sólheimajökull | Iceland | 16-Aug-16 | 47e | 63.534833° | −19.352194° | 275 | 3 × 300 | NA | 48.00 | 8.78 | 0.500 |
| Skaftafellsjökull | Iceland | 17-Aug-16 | 100f | 64.028667° | −16.932667° | 153 | 3 × 250 | NA | 30.50 | 9.38 | 0.253 |
| Eyjabakkajökull | Iceland | 18-Aug-16 | 110g | 64.666250° | −15.723694° | 939 | 3 × 300 | NA | 5.60 | 8.24 | 0.283 |
| Kaldalónsjökull | Iceland | 20-Aug-16 | 37g | 66.117611° | −22.287750° | 318 | 3 × 500 | NA | 6.50 | 8.50 | 0.284 |
| Styggedalsbreen | Norway | 22-Sep-16 | 2.02h | 61.488306° | 7.880444° | 1307 | 3 × 300 | 0.70 | 3.00 | 7.5** | 0.009 |
| Austerdalsbreen | Norway | 24-Sep-16 | 19.85h | 61.588500° | 6.995333° | 490 | 3 × 300 | 0.30 | 25.00 | 6.7** | 0.026 |
| Bøverbreen | Norway | 25-Sep-16 | 6.75h | 61.556694° | 8.049500° | 1432 | 3 × 300 | 0.70 | 2.00 | 6.1** | 0.207 |
| Glacier 6 | Qeqertarsuaq | 4-Aug-15 | 1.5i | 69.715833° | −53.441617° | 907 | 3 × 600 | 0.10 | 7.90 | 7.20 | 0.107 |
| Glacier 10 | Qeqertarsuaq | 6-Aug-15 | 7i | 69.766717° | −53.413400° | 765 | 3 × 300 | 0.10 | 7.70 | 8.70 | 0.827 |
| Glacier 11 | Qeqertarsuaq | 6-Aug-15 | 9.7i | 69.784050° | −53.427200° | 782 | 3 × 300 | 2.20 | 9.90 | 6.90 | 0.194 |
| Glacier 13 | Qeqertarsuaq | 9-Aug-15 | 18i | 69.801817° | −53.375900° | 798 | 3 × 300 | 0.10 | 9.00 | 7.52 | 0.156 |
| Midtre Lovénbreen*** | Svalbard | 19-Jul-16 | 6j | 78.895567° | 12.069350° | 50 | 3 × 600 | 0.9 | 38.97 | 8.85 | 0.746 |
| Nansenbreen | Svalbard | 2-Aug-16 | 45.1j | 78.353145° | 14.075243° | 154 | 2 × 150, 1 × 200 | 0.90 | 70.00 | 7.21 | 2.354 |
| Sefströmbreen | Svalbard | 4-Aug-16 | 155j | 78.719740° | 14.374894° | 158 | 3 × 200 | 0.80 | 108.00 | 8.25 | 0.902 |
| Ebbabreen | Svalbard | 6-Aug-16 | 25j | 78.726805° | 16.794599° | 288 | 3 × 300 | 0.60 | 112.00 | 7.60 | 0.363 |
| Longyearbreen | Svalbard | 10-Aug-16 | 4j | 78.189720° | 15.533134° | 340 | 3 × 200 | NA | 210.00 | 8.37 | 0.599 |
| Foxfonna | Svalbard | 5-Aug-17 | 3.95j | 78.15243° | 16.10879° | 425 | 1 × 100 | 0.10 | 25.00 | 8.10 | NA |
Estimates of glacier area is given with relevant citations: aestimated from Hood and Berner (2009), bPalmer et al. (2011), cVan de Wal and Russell (1994), dLindbäck et al. (2015), eBjörnsson et al. (2000), fTweed et al. (2005), gBjörnsson et al. (2003), hAndreassen et al. (2012), iŽárský et al. (2018), jHagen et al. (1993). *Averaged from samples taken over 2018 summer. **Measurements from August 2018. ***Data is averaged from 3 days around the sampling day (i.e., 16, 18, and 21 July 2016).