Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling
Melt takes place where the surface of glaciers or ice sheets interacts with the atmosphere. While the processes governing surface melt are fairly well understood, the pathways of the meltwater, from its origin to the moment it leaves a glacier system, remain enigmatic. It is not even guaranteed that...
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| author | Horst Machguth Jason E. Box W. Tad Pfeffer Robert S. Fausto |
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| description | Melt takes place where the surface of glaciers or ice sheets interacts with the atmosphere. While the processes governing surface melt are fairly well understood, the pathways of the meltwater, from its origin to the moment it leaves a glacier system, remain enigmatic. It is not even guaranteed that meltwater leaves a glacier or ice sheet. On Greenland, for example, only slightly more than 50% of the meltwater runs off. The remainder mostly refreezes within the so-called firn cover of the ice sheet. This eBook contains 11 studies which tackle the challenge of understanding meltwater retention in snow and firn from various angles. The studies focus both on mountain glaciers and on the Greenland ice sheet and address challenges such as measuring firn properties, quantifying their influence on meltwater retention, modelling firn processes and meltwater refreezing as well as unravelling the mechanisms within the recently discovered Greenland firn aquifers. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-530822022-01-31T09:53:10Z Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling Horst Machguth Jason E. Box W. Tad Pfeffer Robert S. Fausto GB3-5030 Q1-390 firn regional climate model expert elicitation refreezing mass balance Meltwater retention snow Greenland firn aquifer glacier and ice sheet sea level rise Melt takes place where the surface of glaciers or ice sheets interacts with the atmosphere. While the processes governing surface melt are fairly well understood, the pathways of the meltwater, from its origin to the moment it leaves a glacier system, remain enigmatic. It is not even guaranteed that meltwater leaves a glacier or ice sheet. On Greenland, for example, only slightly more than 50% of the meltwater runs off. The remainder mostly refreezes within the so-called firn cover of the ice sheet. This eBook contains 11 studies which tackle the challenge of understanding meltwater retention in snow and firn from various angles. The studies focus both on mountain glaciers and on the Greenland ice sheet and address challenges such as measuring firn properties, quantifying their influence on meltwater retention, modelling firn processes and meltwater refreezing as well as unravelling the mechanisms within the recently discovered Greenland firn aquifers. 2021-02-11T19:10:07Z 2021-02-11T19:10:07Z 2019-01-23 14:53:43 2018 book 32017 16648714 9782889456192 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53082 eng Frontiers Research Topics image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/4880/melt-water-retention-processes-in-snow-and-firn-on-ice-sheets-and-glaciers-observations-and-modeling Frontiers Media SA 10.3389/978-2-88945-619-2 10.3389/978-2-88945-619-2 bf5ce210-e72e-4860-ba9b-c305640ff3ae 9782889456192 160 open access |
| spellingShingle | GB3-5030 Q1-390 firn regional climate model expert elicitation refreezing mass balance Meltwater retention snow Greenland firn aquifer glacier and ice sheet sea level rise Horst Machguth Jason E. Box W. Tad Pfeffer Robert S. Fausto Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling |
| title | Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling |
| title_full | Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling |
| title_fullStr | Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling |
| title_short | Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling |
| title_sort | melt water retention processes in snow and firn on ice sheets and glaciers observations and modeling |
| topic | GB3-5030 Q1-390 firn regional climate model expert elicitation refreezing mass balance Meltwater retention snow Greenland firn aquifer glacier and ice sheet sea level rise |
| topic_facet | GB3-5030 Q1-390 firn regional climate model expert elicitation refreezing mass balance Meltwater retention snow Greenland firn aquifer glacier and ice sheet sea level rise |
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