Summer surface melt thins Petermann Gletscher Ice Shelf by enhancing channelized basal melt

Increasing ocean and air temperatures have contributed to the removal of floating ice shelves from several Greenland outlet glaciers; however, the specific contribution of these external forcings remains poorly understood. Here we use atmospheric, oceanographic and glaciological time series data fro...

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Main Authors: PETER WASHAM, KEITH W. NICHOLLS, ANDREAS MÜNCHOW, LAURIE PADMAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143019000431/type/journal_article