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Greenland meltwater storage in firn limited by near-surface ice formation

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  • Horst Machguth

    (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS
    Arctic Technology Centre ARTEK, Technical University of Denmark
    Present address: Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.)

  • Mike MacFerrin

    (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado at Boulder)

  • Dirk van As

    (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS)

  • Jason E. Box

    (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS)

  • Charalampos Charalampidis

    (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS
    Uppsala University)

  • William Colgan

    (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS
    York University)

  • Robert S. Fausto

    (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS)

  • Harro A. J. Meijer

    (Centre for Isotope Research (CIO), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen)

  • Ellen Mosley-Thompson

    (The Ohio State University)

  • Roderik S. W. van de Wal

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), University of Utrecht)

Abstract

Surface melt of the Greenland ice sheet is retained through storage in the surface porous ice. This study shows that successive melt events have caused the formation of near-surface ice layers, preventing this storage and increasing meltwater runoff.

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  • Horst Machguth & Mike MacFerrin & Dirk van As & Jason E. Box & Charalampos Charalampidis & William Colgan & Robert S. Fausto & Harro A. J. Meijer & Ellen Mosley-Thompson & Roderik S. W. van de Wal, 2016. "Greenland meltwater storage in firn limited by near-surface ice formation," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(4), pages 390-393, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1038_nclimate2899
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2899
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    1. Nicholas R. Golledge, 2020. "Long‐term projections of sea‐level rise from ice sheets," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(2), March.

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