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Increasing surface runoff from Greenland’s firn areas

At high elevations of ice sheets, melting snow generally percolates and refreezes, so does not contribute to the shrinking of the ice sheet. Here, we systematically map the runoff area of the Greenland ice sheet, using surface rivers visible on satellite imagery. Between 1985 and 2020, the maximum r...

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Autores principales: Tedstone, Andrew J., Machguth, Horst
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7613031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35811787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01371-z