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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1775-2023
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Research article
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26 Apr 2023
Research article |
| 26 Apr 2023
| 26 Apr 2023
Subglacial lake activity beneath the ablation zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Yubin Fan
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science
and Technology, Key Laboratory for Land Satellite Remote Sensing
Applications of Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Geography and Ocean
Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Novel Software Technology and
Industrialization, Nanjing, 210023, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing,
210023, China
Chang-Qing Ke
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science
and Technology, Key Laboratory for Land Satellite Remote Sensing
Applications of Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Geography and Ocean
Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Novel Software Technology and
Industrialization, Nanjing, 210023, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing,
210023, China
Xiaoyi Shen
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science
and Technology, Key Laboratory for Land Satellite Remote Sensing
Applications of Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Geography and Ocean
Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Novel Software Technology and
Industrialization, Nanjing, 210023, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing,
210023, China
Yao Xiao
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science
and Technology, Key Laboratory for Land Satellite Remote Sensing
Applications of Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Geography and Ocean
Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Novel Software Technology and
Industrialization, Nanjing, 210023, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing,
210023, China
Stephen J. Livingstone
Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10
2TN, UK
Andrew J. Sole
Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10
2TN, UK
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- Repeated subglacial jökulhlaups in northeastern Greenland revealed by CryoSat L. Gray et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.32
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- Validation and Analysis of the ICESat-2 ATL11 Product: A Case Study of Lake Vostok Y. Gu et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490419.2024.2416661
- Detection of weekly buried meltwater in Greenland Ice Sheet with Sentinel-1 imagery L. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2025.2513045
- Theoretical Signal Extraction Model of Spatial Density-Based Algorithms and Its Extraction Capacity Analysis for Photon-Counting Lidars X. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3596550
- Active subglacial lakes in the Canadian Arctic identified by multi-annual ice elevation changes W. Zheng et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-1699-2026
- Evidence of active subglacial lakes under a slowly moving coastal region of the Antarctic Ice Sheet J. Arthur et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-375-2025
- Improved monitoring of subglacial lake activity in Greenland L. Sandberg Sørensen et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-505-2024
- An Improved Method for Monitoring Subglacial Lake Activity in Antarctica From ICESat-2 J. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3578437
- Monitoring Subglacial Lake Activity in the David Glacier Region, East Antarctica, Using a DInSAR Displacement Integration Approach T. Kim et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3601588
- Morphometry and characteristics of subglacial meltwater corridors within the Finnish Lake District Ice Lobe of the former Fennoscandian Ice Sheet – Implications for subglacial hydrology and ice lobe dynamics J. Kautto et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2026.110319
- Advances in monitoring glaciological processes in Kalallit Nunaat (Greenland) over the past decades D. Fahrner et al. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000379
- Validation of ICESat-2 Elevation Accuracy in Antarctica Using CCR Arrays Y. He et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2024.3386781
- Bayesian Denoising Algorithm for Low SNR Photon-Counting Lidar Data via Probabilistic Parameter Optimization Based on Signal and Noise Distribution Q. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17132182
- Outburst of a subglacial flood from the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet J. Bowling et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01746-9
- Repeated subglacial jökulhlaups in northeastern Greenland revealed by CryoSat L. Gray et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.32
- Estimating effective pressures in active subglacial lakes with ICESat-2 satellite altimetry A. Stubblefield et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2025.10116
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We used the new-generation ICESat-2 altimeter to detect and monitor active subglacial lakes in unprecedented spatiotemporal detail. We created a new inventory of 18 active subglacial lakes as well as their elevation and volume changes during 2019–2020, which provides an improved understanding of how the Greenland subglacial water system operates and how these lakes are fed by water from the ice surface.
We used the new-generation ICESat-2 altimeter to detect and monitor active subglacial lakes in...
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