#00506 / Nature
Fastest Satellite-Measured Outlet Glacier Flow
Evidence-backedover46m/day
Jakobshavn Isbræ (Sermeq Kujalleq)
Jakobshavn Isbræ (Sermeq Kujalleq)
TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X measurements found peak summer 2012 surface motion exceeding 46 m/day on Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbræ, equivalent to an annualised 17 km/year and then a record for observed outlet glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica.
