Auxiliary material for

		   Characteristics and dynamics of two major Greenland glacial fjords

					  David A. Sutherland

		  (Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon)

					   Fiammetta Straneo

      (Dept. of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts)

					   Robert S. Pickart

      (Dept. of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts)

			     Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 2014


Introduction

The supplementary material presented here comprises additional data and analyses that support the results and conclusions drawn in the main text. Here we present results of a harmonic tidal analysis on the current meter data taken from moorings near Sermilik Fjord in Table S1 (Ts01.txt), and in Figure S1 (fs01.eps). We also present additional hydrographic and velocity sections from the upper part of Sermilik Fjord in Figures S2-S5 (files fs02.eps to fs05.eps). Finally, sections comparing ADCP-derived velocity data versus geostrophic velocity estimates are presented in Figures S6-S10 (files fs06.eps to fs10.eps) for the sections discussed in the text (Figures 5-9 in main text). There are a total of 11 auxiliary files. 

1. Table S1 (Ts01.txt), Tidal harmonic analysis results for the current meter sites occupied in 2009-2010, compared with AOTIM [Padman and Eorfeeva, 2004] analysis for the shelf only. The three largest constituents by amplitude are reported for each location (period listed in hours), along with the major (fmajor, m s-1) and minor (fminor, m s-1) amplitudes of each constituent's tidal ellipse, the ellipse inclination (incl.), and the phase (relative to GMT).

1.1. Column "Constituent", label name for tidal constituent with period in hours in parentheses. For each constituent, parameters for the tidal ellipses are given as the major axis (fmajor, m s-1), minor axis (fminor, m s-1), inclination (incl, degrees), and phase angle (phase, degrees). 

1.2. Column "S-1", Observed values for mooring location S-1, see map in Figure 1 in main text

1.3. Column "S-1 mod", Modeled values for mooring location S-1, see map in Figure 1 in main text

1.4. Column "S-2", Observed values for mooring location S-2, see map in Figure 1 in main text

1.5. Column "S-2 mod", Modeled values for mooring location S-2, see map in Figure 1 in main text

1.6. Column "F-1", Observed values for mooring location F-1, see map in Figure 1 in main text

1.7. Column "F-1 model", Observed values for mooring location F-2, see map in Figure 1 in main text


2. Figure S1 (fs01.eps), (a) M2 tidal ellipses calculated from offshore moorings S-1 and S-2 outside Sermilik Fjord (solid) compared to model tidal ellipses (dashed) from Padman and Erofeeva [2004]. Markers denote the phase relative to GMT. For more information, see text and Table 2. (b) Same as in a, but for K1. (c) Same as in a, but for S2. 

3. Figure S2 (fs02.eps), Additional section from Sermilik Fjord: (a) Potential temperature versus depth (color) for SF-4 with salinity overlaid (black contours), looking into the fjord. Black triangles mark station locations. (b) Absolute velocity (Uabs) versus depth (color) for SF-4 with salinity overlaid (black contours). Uabs > 0 is flow into the fjord. 

4. Figure S3 (fs03.eps), Same as Fig. S2 but for SF-5E. (a) Potential temperature versus depth (color) for SF-5E with salinity overlaid (black contours), looking into the fjord. Black triangles mark station locations. (b) Absolute velocity (Uabs) versus depth (color) for SF-5E with salinity overlaid (black contours). Uabs > 0 is flow into the fjord. 

5. Figure S4 (fs04.eps), Same as Fig. S2 but for SF-5W. (a) Potential temperature versus depth (color) for SF-5W with salinity overlaid (black contours), looking into the fjord. Black triangles mark station locations. (b) Absolute velocity (Uabs) versus depth (color) for SF-5W with salinity overlaid (black contours). Uabs > 0 is flow into the fjord. 

6. Figure S5 (fs05.eps), Same as Fig. S2 but for SF-6. (a) Potential temperature versus depth (color) for SF-6 with salinity overlaid (black contours), looking into the fjord. Black triangles mark station locations. (b) Absolute velocity (Uabs) versus depth (color) for SF-6 with salinity overlaid (black contours). Uabs > 0 is flow into the fjord. 

7. Figure S6 (fs06.eps), (a) ADCP-derived velocity (Uadcp) versus depth (color) for SF Off-E with geostrophic velocity (Ugeo) overlaid (black: solid is Ugeo>0, dashed is Ugeo<0 and thick line is Ugeo=0). Here positive flow is in SW direction (downcoast). (b) Same as a, but for Off-W. These plots go with Fig. 5 in the main text. 

8. Figure S7 (fs07.eps), (a) ADCP-derived velocity (Uadcp) versus depth (color) for 2008 Knorr section 2 with geostrophic velocity (Ugeo) overlaid (black: solid is Ugeo>0, dashed is Ugeo<0 and thick line is Ugeo=0). This figure goes with Fig. 6 in the main text. Here positive flow is towards KF. Note color scale is changed from Fig. S6. 

9. Figure S8 (fs08.eps), Mouth sections: (a) ADCP-derived velocity (Uadcp) versus depth (color) for SF-1 with geostrophic velocity (Ugeo) overlaid (black: solid is Ugeo>0, dashed is Ugeo<0 and thick line is Ugeo=0). Here positive flow is into the fjord. (b) Same as a, but for KF-1. These plots go with Fig. 7 in the main text.

10. Figure S9 (fs09.eps), Mid-fjord sections: (a) ADCP-derived velocity (Uadcp) versus depth (color) for SF-3 with geostrophic velocity (Ugeo) overlaid (black: solid is Ugeo>0, dashed is Ugeo<0 and thick line is Ugeo=0). Here positive flow is into the fjord. (b) Same as a, but for KF-2. These plots go with Fig. 8 in the main text.

11. Figure S10 (fs10.eps), Upper-fjord sections: (a) ADCP-derived velocity (Uadcp) versus depth (color) for SF-7 with geostrophic velocity (Ugeo) overlaid (black: solid is Ugeo>0, dashed is Ugeo<0 and thick line is Ugeo=0). Here positive flow is into the fjord. (b) Same as a, but for KF-3. These plots go with Fig. 9 in the main text.