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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-911-2019
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Research article
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15 Mar 2019
Research article |
| 15 Mar 2019
| 15 Mar 2019
Large spatial variations in the flux balance along the front of a Greenland tidewater glacier
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC 28403, USA
Fiamma Straneo
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Clark G. Richards
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
Donald A. Slater
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Laura A. Stevens
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
Sarah B. Das
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Hanumant Singh
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Lateglacial and Holocene sedimentary dynamics in northwestern Baffin Bay as recorded in sediment cores from Cape Norton Shaw Inlet (Nunavut, Canada) N. Stevenard et al. 10.1111/bor.12575
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- Progress toward globally complete frontal ablation estimates of marine-terminating glaciers W. Kochtitzky et al. 10.1017/aog.2023.35
- Meltwater drainage and iceberg calving observed in high-spatiotemporal resolution at Helheim Glacier, Greenland S. Melton et al. 10.1017/jog.2021.141
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- Sensitivity of Tidewater Glaciers to Submarine Melting Governed by Plume Locations T. Cowton et al. 10.1029/2019GL084215
- Viscous and elastic buoyancy stresses as drivers of ice-shelf calving C. Mosbeux et al. 10.1017/jog.2020.35
- Calving dynamics at Jakobshavn Isbrae (Sermeq Kujalleq) controlled by local geometry: insights from a 3D Stokes calving model I. Wheel et al. 10.1017/jog.2024.77
- Bias Correction and Statistical Modeling of Variable Oceanic Forcing of Greenland Outlet Glaciers V. Verjans et al. 10.1029/2023MS003610
- Distinct Frontal Ablation Processes Drive Heterogeneous Submarine Terminus Morphology M. Fried et al. 10.1029/2019GL083980
- Future Evolution of Greenland's Marine‐Terminating Outlet Glaciers G. Catania et al. 10.1029/2018JF004873
- Depth-dependence of the underwater noise emission from melting glacier ice H. Vishnu et al. 10.1121/10.0017348
- Influence of glacier runoff and near-terminus subglacial hydrology on frontal ablation at a large Greenlandic tidewater glacier C. Bunce et al. 10.1017/jog.2020.109
- Persistent overcut regions dominate the terminus morphology of a rapidly melting tidewater glacier N. Abib et al. 10.1017/aog.2023.38
- Calving Multiplier Effect Controlled by Melt Undercut Geometry D. Slater et al. 10.1029/2021JF006191
- Advances in monitoring glaciological processes in Kalallit Nunaat (Greenland) over the past decades D. Fahrner et al. 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000379
- Evaluation of Iceberg Calving Models Against Observations From Greenland Outlet Glaciers T. Amaral et al. 10.1029/2019JF005444
- Surface emergence of glacial plumes determined by fjord stratification E. De Andrés et al. 10.5194/tc-14-1951-2020
- A Frontal Ablation Dataset for 49 Tidewater Glaciers in Greenland D. Fahrner et al. 10.1038/s41597-025-04948-3
- Lateglacial and Holocene sedimentary dynamics in northwestern Baffin Bay as recorded in sediment cores from Cape Norton Shaw Inlet (Nunavut, Canada) N. Stevenard et al. 10.1111/bor.12575
- Meltwater Intrusions Reveal Mechanisms for Rapid Submarine Melt at a Tidewater Glacier R. Jackson et al. 10.1029/2019GL085335
- Direct observations of submarine melt and subsurface geometry at a tidewater glacier D. Sutherland et al. 10.1126/science.aax3528
- Progress toward globally complete frontal ablation estimates of marine-terminating glaciers W. Kochtitzky et al. 10.1017/aog.2023.35
- Meltwater drainage and iceberg calving observed in high-spatiotemporal resolution at Helheim Glacier, Greenland S. Melton et al. 10.1017/jog.2021.141
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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.
This study shows how complex and varied the processes are that determine the frontal position of...
