Supraglacial lake drainage at a fast-flowing Greenlandic outlet glacier

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Chudley, Thomas R., Christoffersen, Poul, Doyle, Samuel H., Bougamont, Marion, Schoonman, Charlotte M., Hubbard, Bryn, James, Mike R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2019
• Subjects: Physical Sciences; Greenland; Rapid Lake; glacier; greenlandic; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6926039/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31792177; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1913685116

Supraglacial lake drainage events influence Greenland Ice Sheet dynamics on hourly to interannual timescales. However, direct observations are rare, and, to date, no in situ studies exist from fast-flowing sectors of the ice sheet. Here, we present observations of a rapid lake drainage event at Stor...