LEADER 02512nam 2200481z- 450 001 9910346735703321 005 20210211 035 $a(CKB)4920000000094353 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53082 035 $a(oapen)doab53082 035 $a(oapen)53082 035 $a(EXLCZ)994920000000094353 100 $a20202102d2018 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMelt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling 210 $cFrontiers Media SA$d2018 215 $a1 online resource (160 p.) 225 1 $aFrontiers Research Topics 311 08$a2-88945-619-6 330 $aMelt takes place where the surface of glaciers or ice sheets interacts with the atmosphere. While the processes governing surface melt are fairly well understood, the pathways of the meltwater, from its origin to the moment it leaves a glacier system, remain enigmatic. It is not even guaranteed that meltwater leaves a glacier or ice sheet. On Greenland, for example, only slightly more than 50% of the meltwater runs off. The remainder mostly refreezes within the so-called firn cover of the ice sheet. This eBook contains 11 studies which tackle the challenge of understanding meltwater retention in snow and firn from various angles. The studies focus both on mountain glaciers and on the Greenland ice sheet and address challenges such as measuring firn properties, quantifying their influence on meltwater retention, modelling firn processes and meltwater refreezing as well as unravelling the mechanisms within the recently discovered Greenland firn aquifers. 517 $aMelt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers 610 $aexpert elicitation 610 $afirn 610 $aglacier and ice sheet 610 $aGreenland firn aquifer 610 $amass balance 610 $aMeltwater retention 610 $arefreezing 610 $aregional climate model 610 $asea level rise 610 $asnow 700 $aHorst Machguth$4auth$01287665 702 $aJason E. Box$4auth 702 $aW. Tad Pfeffer$4auth 702 $aRobert S. Fausto$4auth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910346735703321 996 $aMelt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling$93020274 997 $aUNINA