River inundation suggests ice-sheet runoff retention

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Overeem, Irina, Hudson, Benjamin, Welty, Ethan, Mikkelsen, Andreas, Bamber, Jonathan, Petersen, Dorthe, Lewinter, Adam, Hasholt, Bent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Fluvial transport; Glacier hydrology; Ice and climate; Ice-sheet mass balance; Surface melt; Arctic; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Nuuk; glacier; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/cfe2501e-c1e2-49b0-80e8-b01f0c50caa6; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/cfe2501e-c1e2-49b0-80e8-b01f0c50caa6; https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG15J012; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/65843788/Reprint_JGlac.pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84942419685&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The Greenland ice sheet is experiencing dramatic melt that is likely to continue with rapid Arctic warming. However, the proportion of meltwater stored before reaching the global ocean remains difficult to quantify. We use NASA MODIS surface reflectance data to estimate river discharge from two West...