Open AccessMeltwater refreezing in the accumulation area of the Greenland ice sheet: Pâkitsoq, summer 1991
Author(s) -
Roger J. Braithwaite,
W. T. Pfeffer,
Heinz Blatter,
N. F. Humphrey
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v155.8172
Subject(s) - greenland ice sheet , meltwater , future sea level , ice sheet , glacier , oceanography , climatology , ice caps , ice stream , geology , physical geography , ice sheet model , cryosphere , sea ice , geography
There is public concern that warmer climate in the future may cause extra melting of glaciers, including the Greenland ice sheet, with a resulting rise in World sea level (Warrick & Oerlemans, 1990). Recent estimates of sea level rise from Greenland include 0.36–0.48 mm/year per °C temperature rise (Braithwaite & Olesen, 1990) but much work is still needed to make reliable forecasts.