Links between acceleration, melting, and supraglacial lake drainage of the western Greenland Ice Sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Hoffman, M J ^a,b,c   Catania, G A ^d,e   Neumann, T A ^a   Andrews, L C ^e   Rumrill, J A ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GPS; ICE FLOW; ICE MECHANICS; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; MELTWATER; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84855314052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001934     Document Type: Article

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