Enthalpy-Based Models for Ice Sheets and Improving Understanding of Cryo-Hydrologic Warming

• Main Author: Macpherson, Brian Daniel
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: CU Scholar 2013
• Subjects: cryosphere; glaciology; hydrology; ice sheet modeling; water; Civil Engineering; Environmental Sciences; Greenland; Ela; Harper; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://scholar.colorado.edu/cven_gradetds/461; https://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1467&context=cven_gradetds

There is widespread evidence for a rise in the Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA) in many areas of the Greenland Ice Sheet. In a recent study (Ettema et al., 2009) West Greenland was found to have experienced a 3.9\% increase in area experiencing melt annually. In the wet snow and ablation zones, much...