Self-regulation of ice flow varies across the ablation area in south-west Greenland

van de Wal, R. S. W.; Smeets, C. J. P. P.; Boot, W.; Stoffelen, M.; van Kampen, R.; Doyle, S. H.; Wilhelms, F.; van den Broeke, M. R.; Reijmer, C. H.; Oerlemans, J.; Hubbard, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-603-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-603-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-603-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Research article

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01 Apr 2015

Research article |

| 01 Apr 2015

Self-regulation of ice flow varies across the ablation area in south-west Greenland

R. S. W. van de Wal, C. J. P. P. Smeets, W. Boot, M. Stoffelen, R. van Kampen, S. H. Doyle, F. Wilhelms, M. R. van den Broeke, C. H. Reijmer, J. Oerlemans, and A. Hubbard

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RC C1811: 'review of Self-regulation of ice flow varies across the ablation area in South-West Greenland', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Sep 2014
SC C2163: 'comments on "Self-regulation of ice flow" manuscript', Peter Nienow, 27 Oct 2014
RC C2294: 'Review of Self-regulation of ice flow varies across the ablation area in South-West Greenland', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Nov 2014
AC C2585: 'reply to the reviews including the comments by P. Nienow and A. Sole', Roderik van de Wal, 05 Dec 2014

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ED: Publish as is (03 Mar 2015) by Eric Larour

Short summary

This paper addresses the feedback between ice flow and melt rates. Using 20 years of data covering the whole ablation area, we show that there is not a strong positive correlation between annual ice velocities and melt rates. Rapid variations around the equilibrium line indicate the possibility of rapid variations high on the ice sheet.