Seasonal variations in Greenland Ice Sheet motion: Inland extent and behaviour at higher elevations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 271-278

  Bartholomew, I D ^a   Nienow, P ^a   Sole, A ^a   Mair, D ^b   Cowton, T ^a   King, M A ^c   Palmer, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GPS; Greenland; Ice dynamics; Subglacial hydrology; Supraglacial lakes

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL FLOW; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; HYDROLOGICAL CONTROLS; ICE DYNAMICS; ICE MOTION; ICE SHEET; ICE SURFACES; ICE VELOCITY; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; KEY CONTROL; MASS BALANCE; MASS LOSS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SATELLITE MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBGLACIAL HYDROLOGY; SUPRAGLACIAL LAKES; SURFACE ABLATION; VELOCITY VARIATIONS; WEST GREENLAND;

ABLATION; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LAKES; VELOCITY;

ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; GPS; ICE MECHANICS; MELTWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 80955179025     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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