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Research article
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21 Mar 2018
Research article |
| 21 Mar 2018
| 21 Mar 2018
Meltwater storage in low-density near-surface bare ice in the Greenland ice sheet ablation zone
Department of Geography, University of California-Los Angeles, CA
90095, USA
Laurence C. Smith
Department of Geography, University of California-Los Angeles, CA
90095, USA
Asa K. Rennermalm
Department of Geography, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Clément Miège
Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Lincoln H. Pitcher
Department of Geography, University of California-Los Angeles, CA
90095, USA
Jonathan C. Ryan
Department of Geography, University of California-Los Angeles, CA
90095, USA
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University,
Providence, RI, USA
Kang Yang
School of Geographical and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University,
Nanjing 210023, China
Joint Center for Global Change Studies, Beijing 100875, China
Sarah W. Cooley
Department of Geography, University of California-Los Angeles, CA
90095, USA
Dept. of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Short summary
We present measurements of ice density that show the melting bare-ice surface of the Greenland ice sheet study site is porous and saturated with meltwater. The data suggest up to 18 cm of meltwater is temporarily stored within porous, low-density ice. The findings imply meltwater drainage off the ice sheet surface is delayed and that the surface mass balance of the ice sheet during summer cannot be estimated solely from ice surface elevation change measurements.
We present measurements of ice density that show the melting bare-ice surface of the Greenland...
