Evidence of meltwater retention within the Greenland ice sheet

• Main Authors: Rennermalm, A.K., Smith, L.C., Chu, V.W., Box, J.E., Forster, R.R., van den Broeke, M.R., van As, D., Moustafa, S.E.
• Other Authors: Marine and Atmospheric Research, Sub Dynamics Meteorology, Afd Marine and Atmospheric Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/290629

Greenland ice sheet mass losses have increased in recent decades with more than half of these attributed to surface meltwater runoff. However, the magnitudes of englacial storage, firn retention, internal refreezing and other hydrologic processes that delay or reduce true water export to the global...