Winter drainage of surface lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet from Sentinel-1 SAR imagery

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: C. L. Benedek, I. C. Willis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Greenland; Rapid Lake; Winter Lake; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1587-2021; https://doaj.org/article/ca402e05b3e7483ba52fe29fd21b443f

Surface lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet play a key role in its surface mass balance, hydrology and biogeochemistry. They often drain rapidly in the summer via hydrofracture, which delivers lake water to the ice sheet base over timescales of hours to days and then can allow meltwater to reach the ba...