(Table 1) Annual melt rates of the South Branch of Jacobshavn Isbrae between July 1984-1985

• Main Authors: Motyka, Roman J, Truffer, Martin, Fahnestock, Mark, Mortensen, John, Rysgaard, Søren, Howat, Ian M
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Aerial photography; AERP; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Ice loss; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Jacobshavn_Isbrae; Location; Melt rate; submarine; Standard deviation; Surface ablation; West Greenland; Greenland; International Polar Year; Jakobshavn
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.817300; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.817300

Photogrammetric reanalysis of 1985 aerial photos has revealed substantial submarine melting of the floating ice tongue of Jakobshavn Isbrae, west Greenland. The thickness of the floating tongue determined from hydrostatic equilibrium tapers from ~940 m near the grounding zone to ~600 m near the term...