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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-609-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-609-2018
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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21 Feb 2018
Research article |
| 21 Feb 2018
| 21 Feb 2018
Effects of undercutting and sliding on calving: a global approach applied to Kronebreen, Svalbard
Dorothée Vallot
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Jan Åström
CSC – IT Center for Science, Espoo, Finland
Thomas Zwinger
CSC – IT Center for Science, Espoo, Finland
Rickard Pettersson
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Alistair Everett
Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
Douglas I. Benn
School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Adrian Luckman
Department of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Department of Arctic Geophysics, UNIS, The University Center in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Ward J. J. van Pelt
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Faezeh Nick
Arctic Geology Department, University Centre in Svalbard, Svalbard, Norway
Jack Kohler
Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
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- Contribution of calving to frontal ablation quantified from seismic and hydroacoustic observations calibrated with lidar volume measurements A. Köhler et al. 10.5194/tc-13-3117-2019
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Short summary
This paper presents a new perspective on the role of ice dynamics and ocean interaction in glacier calving processes applied to Kronebreen, a tidewater glacier in Svalbard. A global modelling approach includes ice flow modelling, undercutting estimation by a combination of glacier energy balance and plume modelling as well as calving by a discrete particle model. We show that modelling undercutting is necessary and calving is influenced by basal friction velocity and geometry.
This paper presents a new perspective on the role of ice dynamics and ocean interaction in...
