Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Langley, Emily S., Leeson, Amber Alexandra, Stokes, Chris R., Jamieson, Stewart S. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Greenland; Langhovde; Langhovde Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/81831/; https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069511

Supraglacial lakes are known to influence ice melt and ice flow on the Greenland ice sheet and potentially cause ice shelf disintegration on the Antarctic Peninsula. In East Antarctica, however, our understanding of their behavior and impact is more limited. Using >150 optical satellite images an...