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Greenland ice-sheet contribution to sea-level rise buffered by meltwater storage in firn

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  • J. Harper

    (Geosciences, University of Montana)

  • N. Humphrey

    (Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming)

  • W. T. Pfeffer

    (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado)

  • J. Brown

    (Geosciences, University of Montana)

  • X. Fettweis

    (Géographie, Université de Liège, Liège B11-4000, Belgium)

Abstract

Observations of firn structure and meltwater retention on the Greenland ice sheet's percolation zone, a region of the ice sheet that is perennially covered by snow and firn, quantify the capacity of the firn to store future surface meltwater and to delay expansion of the area contributing to sea-level rise.

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  • J. Harper & N. Humphrey & W. T. Pfeffer & J. Brown & X. Fettweis, 2012. "Greenland ice-sheet contribution to sea-level rise buffered by meltwater storage in firn," Nature, Nature, vol. 491(7423), pages 240-243, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:491:y:2012:i:7423:d:10.1038_nature11566
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11566
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    1. Thomas Slater & Andrew Shepherd & Malcolm McMillan & Amber Leeson & Lin Gilbert & Alan Muir & Peter Kuipers Munneke & Brice Noël & Xavier Fettweis & Michiel Broeke & Kate Briggs, 2021. "Increased variability in Greenland Ice Sheet runoff from satellite observations," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.

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