Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier
Supraglacial lakes are known to influence ice melt and ice flow on the Greenland ice sheet and potentially cause ice shelf disintegration on the Antarctic Peninsula. In East Antarctica, however, our understanding of their behavior and impact is more limited. Using >150 optical satellite images an...
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ftimperialcol:oai:spiral.imperial.ac.uk:10044/1/41415 2023-05-15T13:51:15+02:00 Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier Langley, ES Leeson, AA Stokes, CR Jamieson, SSR 2016-08-01 http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/41415 https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069511 unknown Wiley Geophysical Research Letters This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY 8571 8563 Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences MD Multidisciplinary Journal Article 2016 ftimperialcol https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069511 2018-09-16T05:57:17Z Supraglacial lakes are known to influence ice melt and ice flow on the Greenland ice sheet and potentially cause ice shelf disintegration on the Antarctic Peninsula. In East Antarctica, however, our understanding of their behavior and impact is more limited. Using >150 optical satellite images and meteorological records from 2000 to 2013, we provide the first multiyear analysis of lake evolution on Langhovde Glacier, Dronning Maud Land (69°11′S, 39°32′E). We mapped 7990 lakes and 855 surface channels up to 18.1 km inland (~670 m above sea level) from the grounding line and document three pathways of lake demise: (i) refreezing, (ii) drainage to the englacial/subglacial environment (on the floating ice), and (iii) overflow into surface channels (on both the floating and grounded ice). The parallels between these mechanisms, and those observed on Greenland and the Antarctic Peninsula, suggest that lakes may similarly affect rates and patterns of ice melt, ice flow, and ice shelf disintegration in East Antarctica. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Imperial College London: Spiral Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica Greenland Langhovde ENVELOPE(39.733,39.733,-69.217,-69.217) Langhovde Glacier ENVELOPE(39.783,39.783,-69.200,-69.200) The Antarctic Geophysical Research Letters 43 16 8563 8571 |
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Supraglacial lakes are known to influence ice melt and ice flow on the Greenland ice sheet and potentially cause ice shelf disintegration on the Antarctic Peninsula. In East Antarctica, however, our understanding of their behavior and impact is more limited. Using >150 optical satellite images and meteorological records from 2000 to 2013, we provide the first multiyear analysis of lake evolution on Langhovde Glacier, Dronning Maud Land (69°11′S, 39°32′E). We mapped 7990 lakes and 855 surface channels up to 18.1 km inland (~670 m above sea level) from the grounding line and document three pathways of lake demise: (i) refreezing, (ii) drainage to the englacial/subglacial environment (on the floating ice), and (iii) overflow into surface channels (on both the floating and grounded ice). The parallels between these mechanisms, and those observed on Greenland and the Antarctic Peninsula, suggest that lakes may similarly affect rates and patterns of ice melt, ice flow, and ice shelf disintegration in East Antarctica. |
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Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier |
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Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier |
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Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier |
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Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier |
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Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier |
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seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an east antarctic outlet glacier |
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