Seasonal velocities of outlet glaciers of the Greenland ice sheet using GPS instruments

A.P. Ahlstrøm; S.B. Andersen; M.L. Andersen; H. Machguth; F.M. Nick; I. Joughin; C.H. Reijmer; R.S.W. van de Wal; J.P. Merryman Boncori; J.E. Box; M. Citterio; D. van As; R.S. Fausto; A. Hubbard

Seasonal velocities of outlet glaciers of the Greenland ice sheet using GPS instruments

A.P. Ahlstrøm, S.B. Andersen, M.L. Andersen, H. Machguth, F.M. Nick, I. Joughin, C.H. Reijmer, R.S.W. van de Wal, J.P. Merryman Boncori, J.E. Box, M. Citterio, D. van As, R.S. Fausto, A. Hubbard

Department of Glaciology and Climate

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The use of GPS has made it possible to measure the velocity of outlet glaciers directly by frequent transmission of instrument positions. Naturally, this kind of observation is prone to instrument loss as the fast-flowing outlet glaciers constitute an extremely hostile environment. Yet the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland has initiated and maintained a campaign since 2009 to track velocity variations of selected ice sheet outlet glaciers. The tracking continues as part of the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE), but results presented below are for the period 2009-2012 which was the initial deployment in the EU project ice2sea as reported in Ahlstrøm et al. (2013)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interim report of dynamic changes of land ice in the Arctic and North-Atlantic region
Subtitle of host publication	Stability and variations of Arctic land ice
Editors	Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
Publisher	Nordic Centre of Excellence Stability and Variations of Arctic(SVALI)
Pages	4-7
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Ahlstrøm, A. P., Andersen, S. B., Andersen, M. L., Machguth, H., Nick, F. M., Joughin, I., Reijmer, C. H., van de Wal, R. S. W., Merryman Boncori, J. P., Box, J. E., Citterio, M., van As, D., Fausto, R. S., & Hubbard, A. (2014). Seasonal velocities of outlet glaciers of the Greenland ice sheet using GPS instruments. In A. P. Ahlstrøm (Ed.), Interim report of dynamic changes of land ice in the Arctic and North-Atlantic region: Stability and variations of Arctic land ice (pp. 4-7). Nordic Centre of Excellence Stability and Variations of Arctic(SVALI). http://ncoe-svali.org/xpdf/svali_rapport2_web.pdf

Ahlstrøm, A.P. ; Andersen, S.B. ; Andersen, M.L. et al. / Seasonal velocities of outlet glaciers of the Greenland ice sheet using GPS instruments. Interim report of dynamic changes of land ice in the Arctic and North-Atlantic region: Stability and variations of Arctic land ice. editor / Andreas P. Ahlstrøm. Nordic Centre of Excellence Stability and Variations of Arctic(SVALI), 2014. pp. 4-7

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