Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector)

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cryospheric region ice sheet sector

The Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) is the vast portion of Greenland’s continental ice mass that extends toward and influences the climate, sea level, and glacial history of the North American region.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Greenland Ice Sheet 6
Greenland ice sheet 4
Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cryospheric region ⓘ
ice sheet sector ⓘ
affects Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
borderedBy Baffin Bay ⓘ
Davis Strait ⓘ
Labrador Sea ⓘ
classifiedAs marine-influenced ice sheet margin ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf glacial ice ⓘ
contains deep ice stratigraphy ⓘ
stable water isotope records ⓘ
trapped atmospheric gases in ice bubbles ⓘ
contributesTo eustatic sea level change ⓘ
freshwater input to North Atlantic ⓘ
global sea level rise ⓘ
drainsTo Baffin Bay ⓘ
Labrador Sea ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
experiences basal sliding ⓘ
ice flow toward marine margins ⓘ
mass loss due to climate warming ⓘ
surface melting ⓘ
extendsToward North America ⓘ
surface form: North American region
feeds ice streams ⓘ
marine-terminating outlet glaciers ⓘ
tidewater glaciers ⓘ
influences Arctic amplification processes ⓘ
Arctic climate ⓘ
North American climate ⓘ
North American glacial history ⓘ
North American sea level ⓘ
North Atlantic climate system ⓘ
regional albedo ⓘ
interactsWith North American atmospheric circulation ⓘ
North Atlantic storm tracks ⓘ
locatedOn Greenland ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
monitoredBy remote sensing ⓘ
satellite altimetry ⓘ
satellite gravimetry ⓘ
overlies Greenland bedrock ⓘ
Precambrian shield rocks ⓘ
partOf Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Greenland Ice Sheet

Northern Hemisphere ice sheets ⓘ
surface form: Northern Hemisphere cryosphere
records Holocene climate history ⓘ
Last Glacial Maximum conditions ⓘ
Quaternary climate variability ⓘ
subjectOf glaciological modeling ⓘ
ice core drilling projects ⓘ
paleoclimate studies ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wisconsin glaciation → lastMajorAdvanceOf → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
ICESat missions → focusesOn → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Ice Sheet
Gunnbjørn Fjeld → locatedIn → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland ice sheet
Northeast Greenland National Park → contains → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeast Greenland ice streams
On Thin Ice → hasSetting → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland ice sheet
Last Glacial Maximum → hasMajorIceSheet → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Ice Sheet
Northern Hemisphere ice sheets → included → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Ice Sheet (paleoglacial extent)
Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) → partOf → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Ice Sheet
Centre for Ice and Climate → focusesOn → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland ice sheet
Greenland coast → adjacentTo → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Ice Sheet
Operation IceBridge → studies → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Ice Sheet
Sermersooq municipality → contains → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Ice Sheet
Watkins Range → partOf → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland ice sheet region
North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core → location → Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland ice sheet