Predicting Subsurface Meltwater in the Greenland Ice Sheet with Satellite-based Passive Microwave Observations, 2002-2011

• Main Authors: B. Reusch, David, Carter, Margeaux
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2020
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS > ICE GROWTH/MELT; EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS > SNOW MELT; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE GROWTH/MELT; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW MELT; Arctic; Burgess; Greenland; Hines; McConnel; Ice Sheet; National Snow and Ice Data Center
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a27659g5q; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A27659G5Q

This dataset summarizes work done to predict the presence of perennial firn aquifers (PFA) in the Greenland ice sheet using satellite-based remote sensing observations (specifically, differences in two wavelengths of passive microwave data observed by Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for Earth...