Impact of an extreme melt event on the runoff and hydrology of a high Arctic glacier

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Boon, Sarah, Sharp, Martin, Nienow, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; John Evans Glacier; albedo; Climate change; glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.1194; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhyp.1194; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hyp.1194

Abstract On 28–30 July 2000, an extreme melt event was observed at John Evans Glacier (JEG), Ellesmere Island (79° 40′N, 74° 00′W). Hourly melt rates during this event fell in the upper 4% of the distribution of melt rates observed at the site during the period 1996–2000. Synoptic conditions during...