Vol. 31 | 2014

Outlet glacier dynamics and bathymetry at Upernavik Isstrøm and Upernavik Isfjord, North-West Greenland

RESEARCH ARTICLE | SHORT
Published June 25, 2014
Camilla S Andresen
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Kristian K Kjeldsen
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Benjamin Harden
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Niels Nørgaard-Pedersen
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Kurt H Kjær
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RESEARCH ARTICLE | SHORT
Published June 25, 2014
Satellite view of retreating glacier.
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Copyright (c) 2014 Camilla S Andresen, Kristian K Kjeldsen, Benjamin Harden, Niels Nørgaard-Pedersen, Kurt H Kjær

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During the past decades, the Greenland ice sheet has experienced a marked increase in mass loss resulting in an increased contribution to global sea-level rise. The three largest outlet glaciers in Greenland have increased their discharge, accelerated, thinned and retreated between 1996 and 2005. After 2005 most of them have slowed down again although not to previous levels. Geodetic observations suggest that rapid increase in mass loss from the north-western part of the ice sheet occurred during 2005–2010 (Kjeldsen et al. 2013).

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Copyright (c) 2014 Camilla S Andresen, Kristian K Kjeldsen, Benjamin Harden, Niels Nørgaard-Pedersen, Kurt H Kjær

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