First-Order Estimates of Coastal Bathymetry in Ilulissat and Naajarsuit Fjords, Greenland, from Remotely Sensed Iceberg Observations

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Jessica Scheick, Ellyn Enderlin, Emily Miller, Gordon Hamilton
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: ice–ocean interactions; icebergs; bathymetry; optical imagery; digital elevation models; Greenland; Ilulissat; Isfjord; Marine Glacier; glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11080935

Warm water masses circulating at depth off the coast of Greenland play an important role in controlling rates of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet through feedbacks associated with the melting of marine glacier termini. The ability of these warm waters to reach glacier termini is strongly contr...