Changes in the firn structure of the western Greenland Ice Sheet caused by recent warming
Atmospheric warming over the Greenland Ice Sheet during the last 2 decades has increased the amount of surface meltwater production, resulting in the migration of melt and percolation regimes to higher altitudes and an increase in the amount of ice content from refrozen meltwater found in the firn a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-06-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1203/2015/tc-9-1203-2015.pdf |