Journal
CRYOSPHERE
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 603-611Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-603-2015
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- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
- Netherlands Polar Program (NPP)
- Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
- Utrecht University
- European Commission's 7th Framework Programme [226375]
- Aberystwyth University doctoral scholarship
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The concept of a positive feedback between ice flow and enhanced melt rates in a warmer climate fuelled the debate regarding the temporal and spatial controls on seasonal ice acceleration. Here we combine melt, basal water pressure and ice velocity data. Using 20 years of data covering the whole ablation area, we show that there is not a strong positive correlation between annual ice velocities and melt rates. Annual velocities even slightly decreased with increasing melt. Results also indicate that melt variations are most important for velocity variations in the upper ablation zone up to the equilibrium line altitude. During the extreme melt in 2012, a large velocity response near the equilibrium line was observed, highlighting the possibility of meltwater to have an impact even high on the ice sheet. This may lead to an increase of the annual ice velocity in the region above S9 and requires further monitoring.
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