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Research article
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14 Jun 2019
Research article |
| 14 Jun 2019
| 14 Jun 2019
Sensitivity of a calving glacier to ice–ocean interactions under climate change: new insights from a 3-D full-Stokes model
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St
Andrews, St Andrews, UK
Poul Christoffersen
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Thomas Zwinger
CSC-IT Center for Science, Espoo, Finland
Peter Råback
CSC-IT Center for Science, Espoo, Finland
Douglas I. Benn
Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St
Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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Short summary
The Greenland Ice Sheet loses 30 %–60 % of its ice due to iceberg calving. Calving processes and their links to climate are not well understood or incorporated into numerical models of glaciers. Here we use a new 3-D calving model to investigate calving at Store Glacier, West Greenland, and test its sensitivity to increased submarine melting and reduced support from ice mélange (sea ice and icebergs). We find Store remains fairly stable despite these changes, but less so in the southern side.
The Greenland Ice Sheet loses 30 %–60 % of its ice due to iceberg calving. Calving processes and...
