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- Antarctic Ellsworth Mountains
- Antarctic Shackleton Range
- Antarctica Pine Island Glacier
- CryoSat Validation
- CryoTop - Glacier and Ice Sheet Margin Topography
- Greenland Ice-Ocean Interaction
- Himalayan Glacier Dynamics
- Ice Sheet Modelling
- Ice Shelf - Ocean Modelling
- Patagonia Ice Sheet Chronology
- Snow Cover
- Svalbard Calving Dynamics
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Greenland Ice Sheet Hydrology & Dynamics
Leverett Glacier from the air, September 2012
What role might surface melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet play in forcing changes in its flow rate in a warmer climate? The sign of the relationship between the input of surface meltwater and its effect on ice motion (through enhanced lubrication and thus sliding) remains highly controversial.
This project, funded originally by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in June 2008, quantifies the effect of surface generated melt-water fluctuations on ice motion at the margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS).
People involved in this project:
- Prof. Pete Nienow (Edinburgh)
- Dr. Andrew Sole (Sheffield)
- Dr. Ian Bartholomew (Edinburgh alum.)
- Dr. Tom Cowton (Edinburgh)
- Andrew Tedstone (Edinburgh)
- Alex Ingle (Edinburgh alum.)
- Dr. Doug Mair (Aberdeen)
- Prof. Jemma Wadham (Bristol)