Antarctic surface hydrology and impacts on ice-sheet mass balance

RE Bell, AF Banwell, LD Trusel, J Kingslake - Nature Climate Change, 2018 - nature.com
Melting is pervasive along the ice surrounding Antarctica. On the surface of the grounded ice
sheet and floating ice shelves, extensive networks of lakes, streams and rivers both store …

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 …

Estimating the Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance contribution to future sea level rise using the regional atmospheric climate model MAR

X Fettweis, B Franco, M Tedesco… - The …, 2013 - tc.copernicus.org
To estimate the sea level rise (SLR) originating from changes in surface mass balance
(SMB) of the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS), we present 21st century climate projections …

Evidence and analysis of 2012 Greenland records from spaceborne observations, a regional climate model and reanalysis data

M Tedesco, X Fettweis, T Mote, J Wahr… - The …, 2013 - tc.copernicus.org
A combined analysis of remote sensing observations, regional climate model (RCM) outputs
and reanalysis data over the Greenland ice sheet provides evidence that multiple records …

Breakup of the Larsen B Ice Shelf triggered by chain reaction drainage of supraglacial lakes

AF Banwell, DR MacAyeal… - Geophysical Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The explosive disintegration of the Larsen B Ice Shelf poses two unresolved questions: What
process (1) set a horizontal fracture spacing sufficiently small to predispose the subsequent …

Greenland ice sheet surface mass loss: recent developments in observation and modeling

M van den Broeke, J Box, X Fettweis, E Hanna… - Current Climate Change …, 2017 - Springer
Surface processes currently dominate Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) mass loss. We review
recent developments in the observation and modeling of GrIS surface mass balance (SMB) …

A novel method for automated supraglacial lake map** in Antarctica using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery and deep learning

M Dirscherl, AJ Dietz, C Kneisel, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Supraglacial meltwater accumulation on ice sheets can be a main driver for accelerated ice
discharge, mass loss, and global sea-level-rise. With further increasing surface air …

Widespread distribution of supraglacial lakes around the margin of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

CR Stokes, JE Sanderson, BWJ Miles… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Supraglacial lakes are important to ice sheet mass balance because their development and
drainage has been linked to changes in ice flow velocity and ice shelf disintegration …

Automated map** of Antarctic supraglacial lakes using a machine learning approach

M Dirscherl, AJ Dietz, C Kneisel, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Supraglacial lakes can have considerable impact on ice sheet mass balance and global sea-
level-rise through ice shelf fracturing and subsequent glacier speedup. In Antarctica, the …

Supraglacial lakes on the Greenland ice sheet advance inland under warming climate

AA Leeson, A Shepherd, K Briggs, I Howat… - Nature Climate …, 2015 - nature.com
Supraglacial lakes (SGLs) form annually on the Greenland ice sheet, and, when they drain,
their discharge enhances ice-sheet flow by lubricating the base and potentially by warming …