An inventory of supraglacial lakes and channels across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: D. Corr, A. Leeson, M. McMillan, C. Zhang, T. Barnes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; The Antarctic; The Sentinel; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-209-2022; https://doaj.org/article/ed12fc55e94d4b009896320bc90829d2

Quantifying the extent and distribution of supraglacial hydrology, i.e. lakes and streams, is important for understanding the mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet and its consequent contribution to global sea-level rise. The existence of meltwater on the ice surface has the potential to affect ic...