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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3791-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3791-2018
Research article
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30 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 30 Nov 2018

A new surface meltwater routing model for use on the Greenland Ice Sheet surface

Kang Yang, Laurence C. Smith, Leif Karlstrom, Matthew G. Cooper, Marco Tedesco, Dirk van As, Xiao Cheng, Zhuoqi Chen, and Manchun Li

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A high-resolution spatially lumped hydrologic surface routing model is proposed to simulate meltwater transport over bare ice surfaces. In an ice-covered catchment, meltwater is routed by slow interfluve flow (~10−3–10−4 m s−1) followed by fast open-channel flow (~10−1 m s−1). Seasonal evolution of supraglacial stream-river networks substantially alters the magnitude and timing of moulin discharge with implications for subglacial hydrology and ice dynamics.