Bathymetry data reveal glaciers vulnerable to ice-ocean interaction in Uummannaq and Vaigat glacial fjords, west Greenland

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Rignot, E., Fenty, I., Xu, Y., Cai, C., Velicogna, I., Cofaigh, C. Ó, Dowdeswell, J. A., Weinrebe, Wilhelm, Catania, G., Duncan, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2016
• Subjects: Greenland; Vaigat; glacier; Ice Sheet; Uummannaq
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/32989/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/32989/1/grl54171.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL067832

Marine-terminating glaciers play a critical role in controlling Greenland's ice sheet mass balance. Their frontal margins interact vigorously with the ocean, but our understanding of this interaction is limited, in part, by a lack of bathymetry data. Here we present a multibeam echo sounding su...