Professor Michael Bentley m.j.bentley@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Michael Bentley m.j.bentley@durham.ac.uk
Professor
James A. Smith
Professor Stewart Jamieson stewart.jamieson@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Margaret R. Lindeman
Brice R. Rea
Angelika Humbert
Timothy P. Lane
Christopher M. Darvill
Professor Jeremy Lloyd j.m.lloyd@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Fiamma Straneo
Veit Helm
Professor Dave Roberts d.h.roberts@durham.ac.uk
Professor
The Northeast Greenland Ice Stream has recently seen significant change to its floating margins and has been identified as vulnerable to future climate warming. Inflow of warm Atlantic Intermediate Water (AIW) from the continental shelf has been observed in the vicinity of the Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (79◦ N) Glacier calving front, but AIW penetration deep into the ice shelf cavity has not been observed directly. Here, we report temperature and salinity measurements from profiles in an epishelf lake, which provide the first direct evidence of AIW proximal to the grounding line of 79◦ N Glacier, over 50 km from the calving front. We also report evidence for partial un-grounding of the margin of 79◦ N Glacier taking place at the western end of the epishelf lake. Comparison of our measurements to those close to the calving front shows that AIW transits the cavity to reach the grounding line within a few months. The observations provide support for modelling studies that infer AIW-driven basal melt proximal to the grounding line and demonstrate that offshore oceanographic changes can be rapidly transmitted throughout the sub-ice-shelf cavity, with implications for near-future stability of the ice stream.
Bentley, M. J., Smith, J. A., Jamieson, S. S., Lindeman, M. R., Rea, B. R., Humbert, A., …Roberts, D. H. (2023). Direct measurement of warm Atlantic Intermediate Water close to the grounding line of Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (79° N) Glacier, northeast Greenland. The Cryosphere, 17(5), 1821-1837. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1821-2023
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 13, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | May 5, 2023 |
Publication Date | 2023 |
Deposit Date | May 16, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | May 16, 2023 |
Journal | The Cryosphere |
Electronic ISSN | 1994-0424 |
Publisher | Copernicus Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 17 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 1821-1837 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1821-2023 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1174308 |
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