Characteristics of meltwater export from Jakobshavn Isbræ and Ilulissat Icefjord

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Nicholas Beaird, Fiammetta Straneo, William Jenkins
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
• Subjects: glacier discharge; icebergs; ice/ocean interactions; meltwater chemistry; polar and subpolar oceans; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Ilulissat; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Annals of Glaciology; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2017.19; https://doaj.org/article/236d3413e1724d7fb0cb67f3de2d7aca

Jakobshavn Isbræ, which terminates in Ilulissat Icefjord, has undergone rapid retreat and is currently the largest contributor to ice-sheet mass loss among Greenland's marine terminating glaciers. Accelerating mass loss is increasing fresh water discharge to the ocean, which can feed back on ic...