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01 Jun 2022
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Modelling the mass budget and future evolution of Tunabreen, central Spitsbergen
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University,
Princetonplein 5, 3585CC Utrecht, the Netherlands
Jack Kohler
Norsk Polarinstitutt, Hjalmar Johansengate 14, 9296 Trømso, Norway
Adrian Luckman
Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea,
SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
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Short summary
Tunabreen is a 26 km long tidewater glacier. It is the most frequently surging glacier in Svalbard, with four documented surges in the past 100 years. We have modelled this glacier to find out how it reacts to future climate change. Careful calibration was done against the observed length record for the past 100 years. For a 50 m increase in the equilibrium line altitude (ELA) the length of the glacier will be shortened by 10 km after about 100 years.
Tunabreen is a 26 km long tidewater glacier. It is the most frequently surging glacier in...
