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dc.contributor.authorRezvanbehbahani, Soroush
dc.contributor.authorStearns, Leigh A.
dc.contributor.authorKadivar, Amir
dc.contributor.authorWalker, J. Douglas
dc.contributor.authorvan der Veen, Cornelis J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-16T19:17:25Z
dc.date.available2018-11-16T19:17:25Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-26
dc.identifier.citationRezvanbehbahani, S., Stearns, L. A., Kadivar, A., Walker, J. D., and van der Veen, C. J. (2017). Predicting the geothermal heat flux in Greenland: A machine learning approach. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 12,271–12,279. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL075661en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/27385
dc.description.abstractGeothermal heat flux (GHF) is a crucial boundary condition for making accurate predictions of ice sheet mass loss, yet it is poorly known in Greenland due to inaccessibility of the bedrock. Here we use a machine learning algorithm on a large collection of relevant geologic features and global GHF measurements and produce a GHF map of Greenland that we argue is within ∼15% accuracy. The main features of our predicted GHF map include a large region with high GHF in central‐north Greenland surrounding the NorthGRIP ice core site, and hot spots in the Jakobshavn Isbræ catchment, upstream of Petermann Gletscher, and near the terminus of Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glacier. Our model also captures the trajectory of Greenland movement over the Icelandic plume by predicting a stripe of elevated GHF in central‐east Greenland. Finally, we show that our model can produce substantially more accurate predictions if additional measurements of GHF in Greenland are provided.en_US
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.rights© 2017. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectGreenland ice sheeten_US
dc.subjectGeothermal heat fluxen_US
dc.subjectMachine learningen_US
dc.titlePredicting the Geothermal Heat Flux in Greenland: A Machine Learning Approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorRezvanbehbahani, Soroush
kusw.kuauthorStearns, Leigh
kusw.kuauthorWalker, J. Douglas
kusw.kuauthorvan der Veen, C. J.
kusw.kudepartmentGeologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/2017GL075661en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3480-6139en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7358-7015en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2469-2633en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3706-2729en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0086-491Xen_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
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