DOI: | 10.1002/2014GL062386
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论文题名: | Greenland ice sheet annual motion insensitive to spatial variations in subglacial hydraulic structure |
作者: | Tedstone A.J.; Nienow P.W.; Gourmelen N.; Sole A.J.
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刊名: | Geophysical Research Letters
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ISSN: | 0094-9494
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EISSN: | 1944-9225
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出版年: | 2014
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卷: | 41, 期:24 | 起始页码: | 8910
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结束页码: | 8917
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语种: | 英语
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英文关键词: | Cryospheric remote sensing
; Global Positioning Systems
; Ice sheet dynamics
; Ice sheet hydrology
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Scopus关键词: | Drainage
; Glacial geology
; Glaciers
; Global positioning system
; Remote sensing
; Tracking (position)
; Greenland Ice Sheet
; Ice sheet
; Ice sheet dynamics
; Ice sheet models
; Spatial patterns
; Spatial variability
; Spatial variations
; Subglacial hydrology
; Ice
; annual cycle
; cryosphere
; drainage network
; GIS
; hydraulic structure
; ice movement
; land evaluation
; spatial variation
; subglacial environment
; TanDEM-X
; TerraSAR-X
; Arctic
; Greenland
; Greenland Ice Sheet
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英文摘要: | We present ice velocities observed with global positioning systems and TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X in a land-terminating region of the southwest Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) during the melt year 2012-2013, to examine the spatial pattern of seasonal and annual ice motion. We find that while spatial variability in the configuration of the subglacial drainage system controls ice motion at short timescales, this configuration has negligible impact on the spatial pattern of the proportion of annual motion which occurs during summer. While absolute annual velocities vary substantially, the proportional contribution of summer motion to annual motion does not. These observations suggest that in land-terminating margins of the GrIS, subglacial hydrology does not significantly influence spatial variations in net summer speedup. Furthermore, our findings imply that not every feature of the subglacial drainage system needs to be resolved in ice sheet models. Key Points Spatial variability in ice sheet motion is compared with subglacial hydrologyThe proportion of annual motion that occurs in summer is spatially homogeneousRepresentation of complex hydrology in ice sheet models may be simplified ©2014. The Authors. |
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资源类型: | 期刊论文
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标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/6758
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Appears in Collections: | 气候减缓与适应
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作者单位: | School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Recommended Citation: |
Tedstone A.J.,Nienow P.W.,Gourmelen N.,et al. Greenland ice sheet annual motion insensitive to spatial variations in subglacial hydraulic structure[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2014-01-01,41(24).
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