Recent advances in our understanding of the role of meltwater in the Greenland Ice Sheet system

Peter Nienow; A.J. Sole; Donald Slater; T. R. Cowton

doi:10.1007/s40641-017-0083-9

Recent advances in our understanding of the role of meltwater in the Greenland Ice Sheet system

Peter Nienow, A.J. Sole, Donald Slater, T. R. Cowton

School of Geosciences

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This review discusses the role that meltwater plays within the Greenland ice sheet system. The ice sheet’s hydrology is important because it affects mass balance through its impact on meltwater runoff processes and ice dynamics. The review considers recent advances in our understanding of the storage and routing of water through the supraglacial, englacial, and subglacial components of the system and their implications for the ice sheet.

Original language	English
Journal	Current Climate Change Reports
Early online date	7 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-017-0083-9
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 7 Nov 2017

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