Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2607-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2607-2023
Research article
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04 Jul 2023
Research article |  | 04 Jul 2023

The impact of surface melt rate and catchment characteristics on Greenland Ice Sheet moulin inputs

Tim Hill and Christine F. Dow

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Water flow across the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet controls the rate of water flow to the glacier bed. Here, we simulate surface water flow for a small catchment on the southwestern Greenland Ice Sheet. Our simulations predict significant differences in the form of surface water flow in high and low melt years depending on the rate and intensity of surface melt. These model outputs will be important in future work assessing the impact of surface water flow on subglacial water pressure.
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