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Articles | Volume 17, issue 1
Articles | Volume 17, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-371-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-371-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 1
Research article
 | 
26 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 26 Jan 2023

Impact of icebergs on the seasonal submarine melt of Sermeq Kujalleq

Karita Kajanto, Fiammetta Straneo, and Kerim Nisancioglu

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-371-2023-supplement

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
Many outlet glaciers in Greenland are connected to the ocean by narrow glacial fjords, where warm water melts the glacier from underneath. Ocean water is modified in these fjords through processes that are poorly understood, particularly iceberg melt. We use a model to show how iceberg melt cools down Ilulissat Icefjord and causes circulation to take place deeper in the fjord than if there were no icebergs. This causes the glacier to melt less and from a smaller area than without icebergs.
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