Surface velocity of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS): assessment of interior velocities derived from satellite data by GPS
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Surface velocity of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS) : assessment of interior velocities derived from satellite data by GPS. / Hvidberg, Christine S.; Grinsted, Aslak; Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe; Khan, Shfaqat Abbas; Kusk, Anders; Andersen, Jonas Kvist; Neckel, Niklas; Solgaard, Anne; Karlsson, Nanna B.; Kjaer, Helle Astrid; Vallelonga, Paul.
I: Cryosphere, Bind 14, Nr. 10, 22.10.2020, s. 3487-3502.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Surface velocity of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS)
T2 - assessment of interior velocities derived from satellite data by GPS
AU - Hvidberg, Christine S.
AU - Grinsted, Aslak
AU - Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe
AU - Khan, Shfaqat Abbas
AU - Kusk, Anders
AU - Andersen, Jonas Kvist
AU - Neckel, Niklas
AU - Solgaard, Anne
AU - Karlsson, Nanna B.
AU - Kjaer, Helle Astrid
AU - Vallelonga, Paul
PY - 2020/10/22
Y1 - 2020/10/22
N2 - The Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS) extends around 600 km upstream from the coast to its onset near the ice divide in interior Greenland. Several maps of surface velocity and topography of interior Greenland exist, but their accuracy is not well constrained by in situ observations. Here we present the results from a GPS mapping of surface velocity in an area located approximately 150 km from the ice divide near the East Greenland Ice-core Project (EastGRIP) deep-drilling site. A GPS strain net consisting of 63 poles was established and observed over the years 2015-2019. The strain net covers an area of 35 km by 40 km, including both shear margins. The ice flows with a uniform surface speed of approximately 55 m a(-1) within a central flow band with longitudinal and transverse strain rates on the order of 10(-4) a(-1) and increasing by an order of magnitude in the shear margins. We compare the GPS results to the Arctic Digital Elevation Model and a list of satellite-derived surface velocity products in order to evaluate these products. For each velocity product, we determine the bias in and precision of the velocity compared to the GPS observations, as well as the smoothing of the velocity products needed to obtain optimal precision. The best products have a bias and a precision of similar to 0.5 m a(-1). We combine the GPS results with satellite-derived products and show that organized patterns in flow and topography emerge in NEGIS when the surface velocity exceeds approximately 55 m a(-1) and are related to bedrock topography.
AB - The Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS) extends around 600 km upstream from the coast to its onset near the ice divide in interior Greenland. Several maps of surface velocity and topography of interior Greenland exist, but their accuracy is not well constrained by in situ observations. Here we present the results from a GPS mapping of surface velocity in an area located approximately 150 km from the ice divide near the East Greenland Ice-core Project (EastGRIP) deep-drilling site. A GPS strain net consisting of 63 poles was established and observed over the years 2015-2019. The strain net covers an area of 35 km by 40 km, including both shear margins. The ice flows with a uniform surface speed of approximately 55 m a(-1) within a central flow band with longitudinal and transverse strain rates on the order of 10(-4) a(-1) and increasing by an order of magnitude in the shear margins. We compare the GPS results to the Arctic Digital Elevation Model and a list of satellite-derived surface velocity products in order to evaluate these products. For each velocity product, we determine the bias in and precision of the velocity compared to the GPS observations, as well as the smoothing of the velocity products needed to obtain optimal precision. The best products have a bias and a precision of similar to 0.5 m a(-1). We combine the GPS results with satellite-derived products and show that organized patterns in flow and topography emerge in NEGIS when the surface velocity exceeds approximately 55 m a(-1) and are related to bedrock topography.
KW - SHEAR MARGINS
KW - MASS-BALANCE
KW - SHEET
KW - FLOW
KW - DISCHARGE
KW - PATTERNS
U2 - 10.5194/tc-14-3487-2020
DO - 10.5194/tc-14-3487-2020
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 3487
EP - 3502
JO - The Cryosphere
JF - The Cryosphere
SN - 1994-0416
IS - 10
ER -
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