Asynchronous behavior of outlet glaciers feeding Godthåbsfjord (Nuup Kangerlua) and the triggering of Narsap Sermia's retreat in SW Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: ROMAN J. MOTYKA, RYAN CASSOTTO, MARTIN TRUFFER, KRISTIAN K. KJELDSEN, DIRK VAN AS, NIELS J. KORSGAARD, MARK FAHNESTOCK, IAN HOWAT, PETER L. LANGEN, JOHN MORTENSEN, KUNUK LENNERT, SØREN RYSGAARD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
• Subjects: glacier calving; glacier discharge; glacier mass balance; ice/ocean interactions; ice/atmosphere interactions; tidewater glaciers; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Greenland; Narsap Sermia; glacier; Godthåbsfjord; Journal of Glaciology; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.138; https://doaj.org/article/760060607439430c8694dae951c7fff6

We assess ice loss and velocity changes between 1985 and 2014 of three tidewater and five-land terminating glaciers in Godthåbsfjord (Nuup Kangerlua), Greenland. Glacier thinning accounted for 43.8 ± 0.2 km3 of ice loss, equivalent to 0.10 mm eustatic sea-level rise. An additional 3.5 ± 0.3 km3 was...