Open AccessSurface Drifters Track the Fate of Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater
Author(s) -
Hauri Claudine,
Truffer Martin,
Winsor Peter,
Lennert Kunuk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo260002
Subject(s) - meltwater , greenland ice sheet , iceberg , geology , ice sheet , fjord , ice shelf , glacial period , oceanography , ice stream , cryosphere , sea ice , geomorphology
Understanding the fate and influence of glacial meltwater in heavily ice‐covered fjord systems has proven difficult because previous measurement platforms were constrained to deeper water to keep instrumentation safe from drifting icebergs. Now, using novel, satellite‐tracked devices that can with stand multiple collisions with ice blocks (see Figure 1) without incurring much damage, scientists have obtained new and detailed data about the role of Greenland Ice Sheet meltwater and its trajectories through Godthåbsfjord in western Greenland.