Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on a floating ice tongue, Petermann Glacier, Greenland

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Grant J. Macdonald, Alison F. Banwell, Douglas R. MacAyeal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
• Subjects: Arctic glaciology; glacier hydrology; ice-shelf break-up; ice shelves; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; Arctic; Greenland; Ice Lakes; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; glacier; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Petermann glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2018.9; https://doaj.org/article/e94adc89fe1d4faaad7226e2cb6f3a75

Supraglacial lakes are known to trigger Antarctic ice-shelf instability and break-up. However, to date, no study has focused on lakes on Greenland's floating termini. Here, we apply lake boundary/area and depth algorithms to Landsat 8 imagery to analyse the inter- and intraseasonal evolution of...