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Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1181-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1181-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
Research article
 | 
07 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 07 Apr 2022

Modelling the effect of submarine iceberg melting on glacier-adjacent water properties

Benjamin Joseph Davison, Tom Cowton, Andrew Sole, Finlo Cottier, and Pete Nienow

Data sets

Iceberg melting substantially modifies oceanic heat flux towards a major Greenlandic tidewater glacier - data and code Benjamin Davison https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3979647

Model code and software

MITgcm/MITgcm: checkpoint67z (Version checkpoint67z) Jean-Michel Campin, Patrick Heimbach, Martin Losch, Gael Forget, edhill3, Alistair Adcroft, amolod, Dimitris Menemenlis, dfer22, Chris Hill, Oliver Jahn, Jeff Scott, stephdut, Matt Mazloff, Baylor Fox-Kemper, antnguyen13, Ed Doddridge, Ian Fenty, Michael Bates, AndrewEichmann-NOAA, Timothy Smith, Torge Martin, Jonathan Lauderdale, Ryan Abernathey, samarkhatiwala, hongandyan, Bruno Deremble, dngoldberg, Pascal Bourgault, and Raphael Dussin https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4968496

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Short summary
The ocean is an important driver of Greenland glacier retreat. Icebergs influence ocean temperature in the vicinity of glaciers, which will affect glacier retreat rates, but the effect of icebergs on water temperature is poorly understood. In this study, we use a model to show that icebergs cause large changes to water properties next to Greenland's glaciers, which could influence ocean-driven glacier retreat around Greenland.
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