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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3829-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3829-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
08 Sep 2023
Research article |
| 08 Sep 2023
| 08 Sep 2023
Greenland and Canadian Arctic ice temperature profiles database
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Kenneth D. Mankoff
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Autonomic Integra LLC, New York, NY, 10025 USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, 10025 USA
Christian Zdanowicz
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Gary D. Clow
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Martin P. Lüthi
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 8052 Zurich, Switzerland
Samuel H. Doyle
Centre for Glaciology, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, UK
Henrik H. Thomsen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
David Fisher
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
Joel Harper
Department of Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
Andy Aschwanden
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Bo M. Vinther
Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Harry Zekollari
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zürich, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Toby Meierbachtol
Department of Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
Ian McDowell
Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA
Neil Humphrey
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Anne Solgaard
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nanna B. Karlsson
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Shfaqat A. Khan
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Benjamin Hills
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Robert Law
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Bryn Hubbard
Centre for Glaciology, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, UK
Poul Christoffersen
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Mylène Jacquemart
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zürich, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Julien Seguinot
Department of Biology, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Robert S. Fausto
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
William T. Colgan
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Data sets
Greenland and Canadian Arctic ice temperature profiles database, github Kenneth D. Mankoff https://github.com/GEUS-Glaciology-and-Climate/greenland_ice_borehole_temperature_profiles
Greenland deep ice temperature database, V1 Ken Mankoff, Anja Løkkegaard, William Colgan, Henrik Thomsen, Gary Clow, David Fisher, Christian Zdanowicz, Martin P. Lüthi, Bo Vinther, Joseph A. MacGregor, Ian McDowell, Harry Zekollari, Toby Meierbachtol, Samuel Doyle, Robert Law, Benjamin Hills, Joel Harper, Niel Humphrey, Bryn Hubbard, Poul Christoffersen, and Mylène Jacquemart https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/3BVF9V
Short summary
This study presents a database compiling 95 ice temperature profiles from the Greenland ice sheet and peripheral ice caps. Ice viscosity and hence ice flow are highly sensitive to ice temperature. To highlight the value of the database in evaluating ice flow simulations, profiles from the Greenland ice sheet are compared to a modeled temperature field. Reoccurring discrepancies between modeled and observed temperatures provide insight on the difficulties faced when simulating ice temperatures.
This study presents a database compiling 95 ice temperature profiles from the Greenland ice...
