Interruption of two decades of Jakobshavn Isbrae acceleration and thinning as regional ocean cools

• Main Authors: Khazendar, Ala, Fenty, Ian G., Carroll, Dustin, Gardner, Alex, Lee, Craig M., Fukumori, Ichiro, Wang, Ou, Zhang, Hong, Seroussi, Helene, Moller, Delwyn, Noel, Brice P. Y., van den Broeke, Michiel R., Dinardo, Steven, Willis, Josh
• Other Authors: Sub Mathematical Modeling, Sub Dynamics Meteorology, Marine and Atmospheric Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Taverne; Greenland; Ilulissat; Disko Bay; glacier; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/379731

Jakobshavn Isbrae has been the single largest source of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet over the last 20 years. During that time, it has been retreating, accelerating and thinning. Here we use airborne altimetry and satellite imagery to show that since 2016 Jakobshavn has been re-advancing, s...