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Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1047-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1047-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
Research article
 | 
06 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 06 Mar 2025

A comparison of supraglacial meltwater features throughout contrasting melt seasons: southwest Greenland

Emily Glen, Amber Leeson, Alison F. Banwell, Jennifer Maddalena, Diarmuid Corr, Olivia Atkins, Brice Noël, and Malcolm McMillan

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1047-2025-supplement

Data sets

Dataset for: A comparison of supraglacial meltwater features throughout contrasting melt seasons: Southwest Greenland E. Glen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11645884

Landsat 8 Data Users Handbook USGS https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/lsds-1574l8datausershandbook-v50pdf

Landsat 8 data USGS https://eros.usgs.gov

Sentinel-2 User Handbook ESA https://sentinel.esa.int/documents/247904/685211/Sentinel-2_User_Handbook

Sentinel-2 data ESA https://scihub.copernicus.eu

Model code and software

River Detection Code K. Yang et al. https://github.com/njuRS/River_detection

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Short summary
We compare surface meltwater features from optical satellite imagery in the Russell–Leverett glacier catchment during high (2019) and low (2018) melt years. In the high melt year, features appear at higher elevations, meltwater systems are more connected, small lakes are more frequent, and slush is more widespread. These findings provide insights into how a warming climate, where high melt years become common, could alter meltwater distribution and dynamics on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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