Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes and rivers on the southwest Greenland Ice Sheet

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Kang Yang, Laurence C. Smith, Matthew G. Cooper, Lincoln H. Pitcher, Dirk van As, Yao Lu, Xin Lu, Manchun Li
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Subjects: climate models; ice-sheet hydrology; remote sensing; supraglacial lakes; supraglacial rivers; surface mass balance; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Greenland; Merra; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.10; https://doaj.org/article/85536a934e4f4edf940981123faa0602

Supraglacial lakes and rivers dominate the storage and transport of meltwater on the southwest Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) surface. Despite functioning as interconnected hydrologic networks, supraglacial lakes and rivers are commonly studied as independent features, resulting in an incomplete underst...