Modelling the development and decay of cryoconite holes in northwestern Greenland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Y. Onuma, K. Fujita, N. Takeuchi, M. Niwano, T. Aoki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Greenland; Qaanaaq; Ice cap; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3309-2023; https://doaj.org/article/e447ce0ddc7a416ea1f8d9d8829fac37

Cryoconite holes (CHs) are water-filled cylindrical holes with cryoconite (dark-coloured sediment) deposited at their bottoms, forming on ablating ice surfaces of glaciers and ice sheets worldwide. Because the collapse of CHs may disperse cryoconite on the ice surface, thereby decreasing the ice sur...