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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 43, 期 21, 页码 11287-11294出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070718
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- Directorate For Geosciences
- Office of Polar Programs (OPP) [1417480] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Freshwater fluxes from the Greenland ice sheet have increased over the last two decades due to increases in liquid (i.e., surface and submarine meltwater) and solid ice (i.e., iceberg) fluxes. To predict potential ice sheet-ocean-climate feedbacks, we must know the partitioning of freshwater fluxes from Greenland, including the conversion of icebergs to liquid (i.e., meltwater) fluxes within glacial fjords. Here we use repeat similar to 0.5 m-resolution satellite images from two major fjords to provide the first observation-based estimates of the meltwater flux from the dense matrix of floating ice called melange. We find that because of its expansive submerged area (> 100 km(2)) and rapid melt rate (similar to 0.1-0.8 m d(-1)), the ice melange meltwater flux can exceed that from glacier surface and submarine melting. Our findings suggest that iceberg melt within the fjords must be taken into account in studies of glacial fjord circulation and the impact of Greenland melt on the ocean.
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