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Hydraulic suppression of basal glacier melt in sill fjords
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Center for Climate Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Eef van Dongen
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Center for Climate Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Martin Jakobsson
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Center for Climate Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Matt O'Regan
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Center for Climate Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Christian Stranne
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Center for Climate Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Short summary
We investigate how topographical sills suppress basal glacier melt in Greenlandic fjords. The basal melt drives an exchange flow over the sill, but there is an upper flow limit set by the Atlantic Water features outside the fjord. If this limit is reached, the flow enters a new regime where the melt is suppressed and its sensitivity to the Atlantic Water temperature is reduced.
We investigate how topographical sills suppress basal glacier melt in Greenlandic fjords. The...
