Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3119-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3119-2021
Research article
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06 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 06 Jul 2021

Indication of high basal melting at the EastGRIP drill site on the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream

Ole Zeising and Angelika Humbert

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • CC1: 'express melt rate in mW/m2?', William Colgan, 08 Feb 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on CC1', Ole Zeising, 11 Feb 2021
      • CC2: 'Reply on AC1', William Colgan, 11 Feb 2021
  • RC1: 'Comment on tc-2021-37', Basile de Fleurian, 12 Feb 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Ole Zeising, 07 Apr 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on tc-2021-37', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Mar 2021
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Ole Zeising, 07 Apr 2021
  • RC3: 'Comment on tc-2021-37', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Mar 2021
    • AC4: 'Reply on RC3', Ole Zeising, 07 Apr 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (01 May 2021) by Alexander Robinson
AR by Ole Zeising on behalf of the Authors (05 May 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (13 May 2021) by Alexander Robinson
AR by Ole Zeising on behalf of the Authors (21 May 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (07 Jun 2021) by Alexander Robinson
AR by Ole Zeising on behalf of the Authors (08 Jun 2021)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
Greenland’s largest ice stream – the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS) – extends far into the interior of the ice sheet. Basal meltwater acts as a lubricant for glaciers and sustains sliding. Hence, observations of basal melt rates are of high interest. We performed two time series of precise ground-based radar measurements in the upstream region of NEGIS and found high melt rates of 0.19 ± 0.04 m per year.