Filling and drainage of a subglacial lake beneath the Flade Isblink ice cap, northeast Greenland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Liang, Qi, Xiao, Wanxin, Howat, Ian, Cheng, Xiao, Hui, Fengming, Chen, Zhuoqi, Jiang, Mi, Zheng, Lei
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Flade Isblink; Greenland; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2671-2022; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00061812; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00061199/tc-16-2671-2022.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/2671/2022/tc-16-2671-2022.pdf

The generation, transport, storage and drainage of meltwater play important roles in the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) subglacial system. Active subglacial lakes, common features in Antarctica, have recently been detected beneath the GrIS and may impact ice sheet hydrology. Despite their potential impo...