Oceanic heat delivery via Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord to the south-east Greenland ice sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 631-645

  Inall, Mark E ^a   Murray, Tavi ^b   Cottier, Finlo R ^a   Scharrer, Kilian ^b,c   Boyd, Timothy J ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^d   Bevan, Suzanne L ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVEO IT GMBH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fjord circulation; glacier melting; Greenland; heat transport; ice sheets

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLACIERS; HEAT FLUX; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE WATERS;

GLACIER MELTING; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HEAT TRANSPORT; ICE SHEET; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ICE;

HEAT BALANCE; ICE SHEET; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VOLUME;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; KOBBEFJORD;

EID: 84900347036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009295     Document Type: Article

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