Bathymetry data reveal glaciers vulnerable to ice-ocean interaction in Uummannaq and Vaigat glacial fjords, west Greenland

• Main Authors: Rignot, E, Fenty, I, Xu, Y, Cai, C, Velicogna, I, Cofaigh, C, Dowdeswell, JA, Weinrebe, W, Catania, G, Duncan, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
• Subjects: Oso Member; Capistrano Formation; California; Orange County; Crocodylia; horse; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Greenland; Vaigat; glacier; Ice Sheet; Uummannaq
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0vw300dt

Marine-terminating glaciers play a critical role in controlling Greenland's ice sheet mass balance. Their frontal margins interact vigorously with the ocean, but our understanding of this interaction is limited, in part, by a lack of bathymetry data. Here we present a multibeam echo sounding su...