Modelling water flow under glaciers and ice sheets

GE Flowers - Proceedings of the Royal Society A …, 2015‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Recent observations of dynamic water systems beneath the Greenland and Antarctic ice
sheets have sparked renewed interest in modelling subglacial drainage. The foundations of …

The physics of freezing and melting in the presence of flows

Y Du, E Calzavarini, C Sun - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024‏ - nature.com
Ice in the environment plays a central role in both global-scale processes on Earth and
many human activities. Issues related to its description, including the modelling of natural ice …

Ice-sheet acceleration driven by melt supply variability

C Schoof - Nature, 2010‏ - nature.com
Increased ice velocities in Greenland are contributing significantly to eustatic sea level rise.
Faster ice flow has been associated with ice–ocean interactions in water-terminating outlet …

Greenland flow variability from ice-sheet-wide velocity map**

I Joughin, BE Smith, IM Howat, T Scambos… - Journal of …, 2010‏ - cambridge.org
Using RADARSAT synthetic aperture radar data, we have mapped the flow velocity over
much of the Greenland ice sheet for the winters of 2000/01 and 2005/06. These maps …

21st-century evolution of Greenland outlet glacier velocities

T Moon, I Joughin, B Smith, I Howat - Science, 2012‏ - science.org
Earlier observations on several of Greenland's outlet glaciers, starting near the turn of the
21st century, indicated rapid (annual-scale) and large (> 100%) increases in glacier velocity …

Seasonal evolution of subglacial drainage and acceleration in a Greenland outlet glacier

I Bartholomew, P Nienow, D Mair, A Hubbard… - Nature …, 2010‏ - nature.com
The Greenland ice sheet contains enough water to raise sea levels by 7 m. However, its
present mass balance and future contribution to sea level rise is poorly understood …

Melt-induced speed-up of Greenland ice sheet offset by efficient subglacial drainage

AV Sundal, A Shepherd, P Nienow, E Hanna, S Palmer… - Nature, 2011‏ - nature.com
Fluctuations in surface melting are known to affect the speed of glaciers and ice sheets,,,,,,,
but their impact on the Greenland ice sheet in a warming climate remains uncertain …

Greenland ice sheet hydrology: A review

VW Chu - Progress in Physical Geography, 2014‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Understanding Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) hydrology is essential for evaluating response of
ice dynamics to a warming climate and future contributions to global sea level rise. Recently …

Evolution of the subglacial drainage system beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet revealed by tracers

DM Chandler, JL Wadham, GP Lis, T Cowton… - Nature …, 2013‏ - nature.com
Abstract Predictions of the Greenland Ice Sheet's response to climate change are limited in
part by uncertainty in the coupling between meltwater lubrication of the ice-sheet bed and …

Greenland ice sheet mass balance: a review

SA Khan, A Aschwanden, AA Bjørk… - Reports on progress …, 2015‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Over the past quarter of a century the Arctic has warmed more than any other region on
Earth, causing a profound impact on the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) and its contribution to …