Calving event size measurements and statistics of Eqip Sermia, Greenland, from terrestrial radar interferometry

Walter, Andrea; Lüthi, Martin P.; Vieli, Andreas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1051-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1051-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1051-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

Research article

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20 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 20 Mar 2020

Calving event size measurements and statistics of Eqip Sermia, Greenland, from terrestrial radar interferometry

Andrea Walter, Martin P. Lüthi, and Andreas Vieli

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RC1: 'Comment on "Calving event size measurements and statistics of Eqip Sermia, Greenland, from terrestrial radar interferometry" by Walter et al.', Surui Xie, 29 May 2019
- AC1: 'Final response to both reviews', Andrea Walter, 30 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review of Walter et al., 2019', Pierre Marie Lefeuvre, 02 Sep 2019
- AC1: 'Final response to both reviews', Andrea Walter, 30 Sep 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (01 Oct 2019) by Evgeny A. Podolskiy

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (03 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Dec 2019) by Evgeny A. Podolskiy

RR by Surui Xie (14 Dec 2019)

RR by Pierre Marie Lefeuvre (03 Feb 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Feb 2020) by Evgeny A. Podolskiy

AR by Andrea Kneib-Walter on behalf of the Authors (10 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (14 Feb 2020) by Evgeny A. Podolskiy

AR by Andrea Kneib-Walter on behalf of the Authors (17 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Glacier calving plays a key role in the dynamic mass loss of ocean-terminating glaciers in Greenland. Source areas and volumes of 900 individual calving events were analysed for size and timing related to environmental forcings. We found that calving volume distribution and style vary along the calving front and are controlled by the water depth and front geometry. We suggest that in deep water both oceanic melt and subaquatic calving contribute substantially to the frontal mass loss.