Meltwater refreezing in the accumulation area of the Greenland ice sheet: Pâkitsoq, summer 1991

Authors

  • R.J Braithwaite
  • W.T Pfeffer
  • H Blatter
  • N.F Humphrey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34194/rapggu.v155.8172

Abstract

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.

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1992-01-01

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Vol. 155 (1992): Current Research including Report of Activities, 1991

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Meltwater refreezing in the accumulation area of the Greenland ice sheet: Pâkitsoq, summer 1991. (1992). Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, 155, 13-17. https://doi.org/10.34194/rapggu.v155.8172