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

Horst Machguth (), Mike MacFerrin, Dirk van As, Jason E. Box, Charalampos Charalampidis, William Colgan, Robert S. Fausto, Harro A. J. Meijer, Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Roderik S. W. van de Wal
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Horst Machguth: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS
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
William Colgan: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS
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

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 4, 390-393

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.

Date: 2016
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