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Articles | Volume 17, issue 10
Articles | Volume 17, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4447-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4447-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 10
Research article
 | 
20 Oct 2023
Research article |  | 20 Oct 2023

Monitoring glacier calving using underwater sound

Jarosław Tęgowski, Oskar Glowacki, Michał Ciepły, Małgorzata Błaszczyk, Jacek Jania, Mateusz Moskalik, Philippe Blondel, and Grant B. Deane

Data sets

Underwater noise recorded in Hornsund Fjord, Spitsbergen, at the front of the Hans Glacier J. Tegowski, O. Glowacki, M. Ciepły, M. Błaszczyk, J. Jania, M. Moskalik, P. Blondel, and G. Deane https://doi.org/10.34808/jp25-2b47

Inter-calibrated Temperature and Salinity in-depth profiles in Hornsund Fjord M. Moskalik, O. Głowacki, and M. Korhonen https://dataportal.igf.edu.pl/dataset/inter-calibrated-temperature-and-salinity-in-depth-profiles-in-hornsund-fjord

Time-lapse images of Hansbreen frontal zone (05-30.09.2013) M. Ciepły https://ppdb.us.edu.pl/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ee0e611b-bfe9-4ba1-95ae-beb0702ae2aa

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Short summary
Receding tidewater glaciers are important contributors to sea level rise. Understanding their dynamics and developing models for their attrition has become a matter of global concern. Long-term monitoring of glacier frontal ablation is very difficult. Here we show for the first time that calving fluxes can be estimated from the underwater sounds made by icebergs impacting the sea surface. This development has important application to understanding the response of glaciers to warming oceans.
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