<i>Brief Communication</i> "Expansion of meltwater lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet"
Forty years of satellite imagery reveal that meltwater lakes on the margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet have expanded substantially inland to higher elevations with warming. These lakes are important because they provide a mechanism for bringing water to the ice bed, causing sliding. Inland expansion...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-02-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/201/2013/tc-7-201-2013.pdf |