Surface Melt-Induced Acceleration of Greenland Ice-Sheet Flow

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Zwally, H. Jay, Abdalati, Waleed, Herring, Tom, Larson, Kristine, Saba, Jack, Steffen, Konrad
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2002
• Subjects: Greenland; Midwinter; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1072708; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1072708

Ice flow at a location in the equilibrium zone of the west-central Greenland Ice Sheet accelerates above the midwinter average rate during periods of summer melting. The near coincidence of the ice acceleration with the duration of surface melting, followed by deceleration after the melting ceases,...