Large spatial variations in the flux balance along the front of a Greenland tidewater glacier

Wagner, Till J. W.; Straneo, Fiamma; Richards, Clark G.; Slater, Donald A.; Stevens, Laura A.; Das, Sarah B.; Singh, Hanumant

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-911-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-911-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-911-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

Research article

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15 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 15 Mar 2019

Large spatial variations in the flux balance along the front of a Greenland tidewater glacier

Till J. W. Wagner, Fiamma Straneo, Clark G. Richards, Donald A. Slater, Laura A. Stevens, Sarah B. Das, and Hanumant Singh

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RC1: 'review of Wagner et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Sep 2018
AC1: 'Response to Reviewers and Revised Manuscript', Till Wagner, 21 Nov 2018

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AR by Till Wagner on behalf of the Authors (24 Nov 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Nov 2018) by Benjamin Smith

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 Jan 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (11 Feb 2019)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Feb 2019) by Benjamin Smith

AR by Till Wagner on behalf of the Authors (22 Feb 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

This study shows how complex and varied the processes are that determine the frontal position of tidewater glaciers. Rather than uniform melt or calving rates, a single (medium-sized) glacier can feature regions that retreat almost exclusively due to melting and other regions that retreat only due to calving. This has far-reaching consequences for our understanding of how glaciers retreat or advance.