Researcher develops more accurate method to measure surface meltwater volume of Greenland ice sheet
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 07:00
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) —A University of Wyoming researcher discovered that using satellite imagery to map the depth of melt ponds and melt-water stream channels on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet could become a new and more accurate way to keep close watch on that ice sheet's accelerated rate of melting.