Glacier-surge mechanisms promoted by a hydro-thermodynamic feedback to summer melt
Mass loss from glaciers and ice sheets currently accounts for two-thirds of the observed global sea-level rise and has accelerated since the 1990s, coincident with strong atmospheric warming in the polar regions. Here we present continuous GPS measurements and satellite synthetic-aperture-radar-base...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-02-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/197/2015/tc-9-197-2015.pdf |