Map: Figure 1 (IMAGE)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Map: Figure 1

Caption

These maps use colors to show actual and modeled surface speeds on Greenland's ice sheet. The map on the left, A, reflects speeds observed in 2008-09. The map on the right, B, reflects modeled speeds at a grid resolution of 600 meters. The colored dots around the model map and in the list at right indicate the degree of correlation between the observations and the model's predictions at cross-profiles of 29 outlet glaciers along Greendland's coast. Green dots represent high correlation, while orange dots represent moderate correlation and red dots represents lesser correlation. The smaller inset maps show simulated surface speeds of Jakobshavn Isbræ (C), Kong Oscar Gletscher (D), Kangerdlugssuaq Gletscher (E), and Køge Bugt (F). White lines on the inset maps indicate the position of the cross-profiles.

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Courtesy of A. Aschwanden

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