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

J. Harper (), N. Humphrey, W. T. Pfeffer, J. Brown and X. Fettweis
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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

Nature, 2012, vol. 491, issue 7423, 240-243

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.

Date: 2012
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