Tidal Modulation of Ice Flow on Helheim Glacier, East Greenland

• Main Authors: Betty Churchill, Exploration Fund, Leigh A. Stearns
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Greenland; Meier; Stearns; East Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.558.9249; http://climatechange.umaine.edu/Research/projects/students/2007reports/Stearns07ChurchillReport.pdf

Mass from the interior of the Greenland Ice Sheet is transported to the ocean by numerous large, fast-flowing outlet glaciers. Changes in the flow configuration of these outlet glaciers modulate ice sheet mass balance and sea level. Recent estimates show that Greenland’s contribution to sea level mo...