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Research article
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11 Oct 2019
Research article |
| 11 Oct 2019
| 11 Oct 2019
Impact of frontal ablation on the ice thickness estimation of marine-terminating glaciers in Alaska
Institute of Geography, Climate Lab, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Fabien Maussion
Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Timo Rothenpieler
Institute of Geography, Climate Lab, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Ben Marzeion
Institute of Geography, Climate Lab, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Short summary
We have implemented a frontal ablation parameterization into the Open Global Glacier Model and have shown that inversion methods based on mass conservation systematically underestimate the mass turnover (and therefore the thickness) of tidewater glaciers when neglecting frontal ablation. This underestimation can rise up to 19 % on a regional scale. Not accounting for frontal ablation will have an impact on the estimate of the glaciers’ potential contribution to sea level rise.
We have implemented a frontal ablation parameterization into the Open Global Glacier Model and...
