Melt-induced speed-up of Greenland ice sheet offset by efficient subglacial drainage

Nature

Volumn 469, Issue 7331, 2011, Pages 521-524

  Sundal, Aud Venke ^a   Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Nienow, Peter ^b   Hanna, Edward ^c   Palmer, Steven ^a   Huybrechts, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DRAINAGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; MELT; MELTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WARMING;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTION; FLOW RATE; GLACIER; GREENLAND; ICE SHEET; LUBRICATION; MELTING POINT; MOTION; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SUMMER; TELECOMMUNICATION; VELOCITY; WARMING;

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 79251543358     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09740     Document Type: Article

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