Bathymetry data reveal glaciers vulnerable to ice-ocean interaction in Uummannaq and Vaigat glacial fjords, West Greenland.

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Rignot, E., Fenty, I., Xu, Y., Cai, C., Velicogna, I., Ó Cofaigh, C., Dowdeswell, J. A., Weinrebe, W., Catania, G., Duncan, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2016
• Subjects: Greenland; Vaigat; glacier; Ice Sheet; Uummannaq
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/22666/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/22666/1/22666.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL067832

Marine-terminating glaciers play a critical role in controlling Greenland's ice sheet mass balance. Their frontal margins interact vigorously with the ocean, but our understanding of this interaction is limited, in part, by a lack of bathymetry data. Here we present a multibeam echo sounding su...