Brief communication: Glacier run-off estimation using altimetry-derived basin volume change: case study at Humboldt Glacier, northwest Greenland

<p>CryoSat can provide temporal height change around the Greenland Ice Sheet including that close to the terminus of many glaciers. Height change from the northern outlet of the Humboldt Glacier in northwestern Greenland is combined with ice flux into and out of sections of the glacier basin t...

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Main Author: L. Gray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021-02-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/1005/2021/tc-15-1005-2021.pdf
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description <p>CryoSat can provide temporal height change around the Greenland Ice Sheet including that close to the terminus of many glaciers. Height change from the northern outlet of the Humboldt Glacier in northwestern Greenland is combined with ice flux into and out of sections of the glacier basin to derive the water run-off each year from 2011 to 2019. The cumulative 9-year run-off for this part of the Humboldt basin is <span class="inline-formula">9.6±2.9</span> km<span class="inline-formula"><sup>3</sup></span> and is predominantly sub-glacial at the terminus, with large run-offs occurring in 2012, 2015, and 2019 and much smaller ones in 2013, 2016, 2017, and 2018.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-9fec39c2b94a4d61ad3ce1137438249e2022-12-21T23:05:16ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe Cryosphere1994-04161994-04242021-02-01151005101410.5194/tc-15-1005-2021Brief communication: Glacier run-off estimation using altimetry-derived basin volume change: case study at Humboldt Glacier, northwest GreenlandL. Gray<p>CryoSat can provide temporal height change around the Greenland Ice Sheet including that close to the terminus of many glaciers. Height change from the northern outlet of the Humboldt Glacier in northwestern Greenland is combined with ice flux into and out of sections of the glacier basin to derive the water run-off each year from 2011 to 2019. The cumulative 9-year run-off for this part of the Humboldt basin is <span class="inline-formula">9.6±2.9</span> km<span class="inline-formula"><sup>3</sup></span> and is predominantly sub-glacial at the terminus, with large run-offs occurring in 2012, 2015, and 2019 and much smaller ones in 2013, 2016, 2017, and 2018.</p>https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/1005/2021/tc-15-1005-2021.pdf
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Brief communication: Glacier run-off estimation using altimetry-derived basin volume change: case study at Humboldt Glacier, northwest Greenland
The Cryosphere
title Brief communication: Glacier run-off estimation using altimetry-derived basin volume change: case study at Humboldt Glacier, northwest Greenland
title_full Brief communication: Glacier run-off estimation using altimetry-derived basin volume change: case study at Humboldt Glacier, northwest Greenland
title_fullStr Brief communication: Glacier run-off estimation using altimetry-derived basin volume change: case study at Humboldt Glacier, northwest Greenland
title_full_unstemmed Brief communication: Glacier run-off estimation using altimetry-derived basin volume change: case study at Humboldt Glacier, northwest Greenland
title_short Brief communication: Glacier run-off estimation using altimetry-derived basin volume change: case study at Humboldt Glacier, northwest Greenland
title_sort brief communication glacier run off estimation using altimetry derived basin volume change case study at humboldt glacier northwest greenland
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