2024: Remote Sensing of Greenland’s Supraglacial Hydrology in a Changing Climate
Narrowing the uncertainty in future sea level contributions from the Greenland ice sheet requires a more complete understanding of ice sheet hydrology. In particular, constraining the rate and timing of surface meltwater runoff is critical to projecting future mass loss as melting moves further inland on the ice sheet. This project will use satellite optical remote sensing and airborne ice-penetrating radar data to study how meltwater flows across the ice sheet surface and how some of that water is temporarily impounded in subsurface buried lakes. The researchers’ work will provide greater insight into how and why meltwater transport and storage pathways vary between different regions of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Faculty Lead: Riley Culberg (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)