Rapid loss of firn pore space accelerates 21st century Greenland mass loss

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2109-2113

  Van Angelen, J H ^a   Lenaerts, J T M ^a   Van Den Broeke, M R ^a   Fettweis, X ^b   Van Meijgaard, E ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

21st century scenario; Greenland SMB; refreezing capacity

Indexed keywords

21ST CENTURY SCENARIO; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HIGH RESOLUTION; REFREEZING; SURFACE MASS BALANCE; SURFACE PROCESS;

GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; FREEZING; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; RESOLUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84879900646     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50490     Document Type: Article

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