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Ice speed of a Greenlandic tidewater glacier modulated by tide, melt, and rain
Shin Sugiyama
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Shun Tsutaki
National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Tokyo, Japan
Daiki Sakakibara
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Izumi Asaji
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Ken Kondo
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Yefan Wang
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Evgeny Podolskiy
Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Guillaume Jouvet
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Martin Funk
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Short summary
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.
We report flow speed variations near the front of a tidewater glacier in Greenland. Ice flow...
