Articles | Volume 19, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-525-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-525-2025
Research article
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31 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 31 Jan 2025

Ice speed of a Greenlandic tidewater glacier modulated by tide, melt, and rain

Shin Sugiyama, Shun Tsutaki, Daiki Sakakibara, Izumi Asaji, Ken Kondo, Yefan Wang, Evgeny Podolskiy, Guillaume Jouvet, and Martin Funk

Data sets

GPS, AWS and glacier front position data from Bowdoin Glacier Shin Sugiyama et al. https://doi.org/10.17632/nd39zk6fhh.1

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We report flow speed variations near the front of a tidewater glacier in Greenland. Ice flow near the glacier front is crucial for the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet, but in situ data are hard to obtain. Our unique in situ GPS data revealed fine details of short-term speed variations associated with melting, ocean tides, and rain. The results are important for understanding the response of tidewater glaciers to changing environments, such as warming, more frequent rain, and ice thinning.