Helheim Glacier ice velocity variability responds to runoff and terminus position change at different timescales

Lizz Ultee; Denis Felikson; Brent Minchew; Leigh A. Stearns; Bryan Riel

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33292-y

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Helheim Glacier ice velocity variability responds to runoff and terminus position change at different timescales

Lizz Ultee,
Denis Felikson,
Brent Minchew,
Leigh A. Stearns,
Bryan Riel

Affiliations

Lizz Ultee: Dept. of Earth & Climate Sciences, Middlebury College
Denis Felikson: Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Brent Minchew: Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leigh A. Stearns: Department of Geology, University of Kansas
Bryan Riel: Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33292-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Factors driving ice flow variability in Greenland vary by timescale. At seasonal scale, Helheim Glacier ice velocity responds most strongly to meltwater runoff. Glacier terminus position drives velocity variability at longer time scales.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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