Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4121-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4121-2020
Research article
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18 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 18 Nov 2020

Sharp contrasts in observed and modeled crevasse patterns at Greenland's marine terminating glaciers

Ellyn M. Enderlin and Timothy C. Bartholomaus

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (21 Oct 2019) by Stef Lhermitte
AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (03 Dec 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Dec 2019) by Stef Lhermitte
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (28 Jan 2020)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (21 Feb 2020) by Stef Lhermitte
AR by Lorena Grabowski on behalf of the Authors (06 Apr 2020)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Apr 2020) by Stef Lhermitte
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Jun 2020)
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (05 Jun 2020) by Stef Lhermitte
AR by Ellyn Enderlin on behalf of the Authors (15 Jul 2020)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (28 Sep 2020) by Stef Lhermitte
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Short summary
Accurate predictions of future changes in glacier flow require the realistic simulation of glacier terminus position change in numerical models. We use crevasse observations for 19 Greenland glaciers to explore whether the two commonly used crevasse depth models match observations. The models cannot reproduce spatial patterns, and we largely attribute discrepancies between modeled and observed depths to the models' inability to account for advection.