Direct measurement of warm Atlantic Intermediate Water close to the grounding line of Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (79° N) Glacier, northeast Greenland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Bentley, Michael J., Smith, James A., Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Lindeman, Margaret R., Rea, Brice R., Humbert, Angelika, Lane, Timothy P., Darvill, Christopher M., Lloyd, Jeremy M., Straneo, Fiamma, Helm, Veit, Roberts, David H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Greenland; Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden; glacier; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1821-2023; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00066286; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00064777/tc-17-1821-2023.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/1821/2023/tc-17-1821-2023.pdf

The Northeast Greenland Ice Stream has recently seen significant change to its floating margins and has been identified as vulnerable to future climate warming. Inflow of warm Atlantic Intermediate Water (AIW) from the continental shelf has been observed in the vicinity of the Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden...