Englacial latent-heat transfer has limited influence on seaward ice flux in western Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: POINAR, KRISTIN, JOUGHIN, IAN, LENAERTS, JAN T. M., VAN DEN BROEKE, MICHIEL R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2016
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.103; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143016001039

ABSTRACT Surface meltwater can refreeze within firn layers and crevasses to warm ice through latent-heat transfer on decadal to millennial timescales. Earlier work posited that the consequent softening of the ice might accelerate ice flow, potentially increasing ice-sheet mass loss. Here, we calcula...