Comparison of four calving laws to model Greenland outlet glaciers

Choi, Youngmin; Morlighem, Mathieu; Wood, Michael; Bondzio, Johannes H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3735-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3735-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3735-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

Research article

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29 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 29 Nov 2018

Comparison of four calving laws to model Greenland outlet glaciers

Youngmin Choi, Mathieu Morlighem, Michael Wood, and Johannes H. Bondzio

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RC1: 'Referee comments', Doug Benn, 01 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Re: Review of manuscript', Jeremy Bassis, 09 Oct 2018
AC1: 'Author's response to comments', Youngmin Choi, 06 Nov 2018

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ED: Publish as is (08 Nov 2018) by Olivier Gagliardini

AR by Youngmin Choi on behalf of the Authors (08 Nov 2018)

Short summary

Calving is an important mechanism that controls the dynamics of Greenland outlet glaciers. We test and compare four calving laws and assess which calving law has better predictive abilities. Overall, the calving law based on von Mises stress is more satisfactory than other laws, but new parameterizations should be derived to better capture the detailed processes involved in calving.