Modeling of subglacial hydrological development following rapid supraglacial lake drainage

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Dow, C. F., Kulessa, B., Rutt, I. C., Tsai, V. C., Pimentel, S., Doyle, S. H., van As, D., Lindbäck, K., Pettersson, R., Jones, G. A., Hubbard, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2015
• Subjects: Greenland ice sheet; subglacial hydrology; lake drainage; modeling; glacier; Greenland; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JF003333

The rapid drainage of supraglacial lakes injects substantial volumes of water to the bed of the Greenland ice sheet over short timescales. The effect of these water pulses on the development of basal hydrological systems is largely unknown. To address this, we develop a lake drainage model incorpora...