Reconstructing Greenland Ice Sheet meltwater discharge through the Watson River (1949–2017)

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Dirk van As, Bent Hasholt, Andreas P. Ahlstrøm, Jason E. Box, John Cappelen, William Colgan, Robert S. Fausto, Sebastian H. Mernild, Andreas Bech Mikkelsen, Brice P.Y. Noël, Dorthe Petersen, Michiel R. van den Broeke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018
• Subjects: greenland ice sheet; melt; climate change; measurements; model validation; kangerlussuaq; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Tasersiaq; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2018.1433799; https://doaj.org/article/2087f8b970974946b734397729704311

Ice-sheet melting is the primary water source for the proglacial Watson River in southern west Greenland. Discharge from the large, approximately 12,000 km2 ice-sheet catchment draining through the Watson River has been monitored since 2006. While this record is of respectable length for a Greenland...