Asynchronous behavior of outlet glaciers feeding Godthåbsfjord (Nuup Kangerlua) and the triggering of Narsap Sermia's retreat in SW Greenland

Asynchronous behavior of outlet glaciers feeding Godthåbsfjord (Nuup Kangerlua) and the triggering of Narsap Sermia's retreat in SW Greenland

We assess ice loss and velocity changes between 1985 and 2014 of three tidewater and five-land terminating glaciers in Godthåbsfjord (Nuup Kangerlua), Greenland. Glacier thinning accounted for 43.8 ± 0.2 km3 of ice loss, equivalent to 0.10 mm eustatic sea-level rise. An additional 3.5 ± 0.3 km3 was...

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Main Authors: ROMAN J. MOTYKA, RYAN CASSOTTO, MARTIN TRUFFER, KRISTIAN K. KJELDSEN, DIRK VAN AS, NIELS J. KORSGAARD, MARK FAHNESTOCK, IAN HOWAT, PETER L. LANGEN, JOHN MORTENSEN, KUNUK LENNERT, SØREN RYSGAARD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
Subjects:
glacier calving
glacier discharge
glacier mass balance
ice/ocean interactions
ice/atmosphere interactions
tidewater glaciers
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143016001386/type/journal_article

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