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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1051-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1051-2020
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Research article
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20 Mar 2020
Research article |
| 20 Mar 2020
| 20 Mar 2020
Calving event size measurements and statistics of Eqip Sermia, Greenland, from terrestrial radar interferometry
Institute of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, ETH Zurich,
Zurich, Switzerland
Martin P. Lüthi
Institute of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Andreas Vieli
Institute of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The control of short-term ice mélange weakening episodes on calving activity at major Greenland outlet glaciers A. Wehrlé et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-309-2023
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- Thinning leads to calving-style changes at Bowdoin Glacier, Greenland E. van Dongen et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-485-2021
- Monitoring glacier calving using underwater sound J. Tęgowski et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4447-2023
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- Observational constraints on the sensitivity of two calving glaciers to external forcings A. Kneib-Walter et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.74
- Automated detection and analysis of surface calving waves with a terrestrial radar interferometer at the front of Eqip Sermia, Greenland A. Wehrlé et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5659-2021
- Assessing the effects of fjord geometry on Greenland tidewater glacier stability E. Fischer & A. Aschwanden https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.55
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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.
Glacier calving plays a key role in the dynamic mass loss of ocean-terminating glaciers in...
