Improved monitoring of subglacial lake activity in Greenland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Sandberg Sørensen, Louise, Bahbah, Rasmus, Simonsen, Sebastian B., Havelund Andersen, Natalia, Bowling, Jade, Gourmelen, Noel, Horton, Alex, Karlsson, Nanna B., Leeson, Amber, Maddalena, Jennifer, McMillan, Malcolm, Solgaard, Anne, Wessel, Birgit
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Antarctic; Flade Isblink; Four Lakes; Greenland; The Antarctic; Antarc*; greenlandic; Ice cap; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/5d83435d-2ad4-4887-887f-538d5b9ada06; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-505-2024; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/355228039/tc-18-505-2024.pdf

Subglacial lakes form beneath ice sheets and ice caps if water is available and if bedrock and surface topography are able to retain the water. On a regional scale, the lakes modulate the timing and rate of freshwater flow through the subglacial system to the ocean by acting as reservoirs. More than...