Data_Sheet_1_Exceptional Retreat of Kangerlussuaq Glacier, East Greenland, Between 2016 and 2018.ZIP

• Main Authors: Stephen Brough, J. Rachel Carr, Neil Ross, James M. Lea
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences; Climate Science; Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified; Exploration Geochemistry; Inorganic Geochemistry; Isotope Geochemistry; Organic Geochemistry; Geochemistry not elsewhere classified; Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology; Ore Deposit Petrology; Palaeontology (incl. Palynology); Structural Geology; Tectonics; Volcanology; Geology not elsewhere classified; Seismology and Seismic Exploration; Glaciology; Hydrogeology; Natural Hazards; Quaternary Environments; Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change; Greenland ice sheet; marine-terminating glaciers; basal topography; ice discharge; mass balance; glacier retreat; sea level rise; remote sensing; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; East Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00123.s001; https://figshare.com/articles/Data_Sheet_1_Exceptional_Retreat_of_Kangerlussuaq_Glacier_East_Greenland_Between_2016_and_2018_ZIP/8208557

Kangerlussuaq Glacier is one of Greenland’s largest tidewater outlet glaciers, accounting for approximately 5% of all ice discharge from the Greenland ice sheet. In 2018 the Kangerlussuaq ice front reached its most retreated position since observations began in 1932. We determine the relationship be...