Rapid dynamic thinning on Upernavik Icestream, West Greenland:EGU2011-6078

• Main Authors: Khan, Shfaqat Abbas, Kjær, Kurt H., Korsgaard, Niels Jákup, Csatho, Bea M, Joughin, Ian R, Bamber, Jonathan L, Timm, Lars H, Wahr, John M
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Airborne Topographic Mapper; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Upernavik
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/rapid-dynamic-thinning-on-upernavik-icestream-west-greenland(39ce4620-46ee-4454-9003-d969769db806).html; http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/EGU2011-6078.pdf

The main outlet glaciers in Greenland have more than doubled their contribution to global sea level rise over the last decade. Several studies have shown increase in ice discharge from the main outlet glaciers (notably Kangerdlugssuaq (KG) and Helheim glaciers (HG) in Southeast Greenland, and Jakobs...