A fully-coupled 3D model of a large Greenlandic outlet glacier with evolving subglacial hydrology, frontal plume melting and calving

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Cook, Samuel J., Christoffersen, Poul, Todd, Joe
• Other Authors: Natural Environment Research Council, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2021
• Subjects: Greenland; Kujalleq; glacier; greenlandic; Journal of Glaciology; Sermeq Kujalleq; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.109; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002214302100109X

Abstract We present the first fully coupled 3D full-Stokes model of a tidewater glacier, incorporating ice flow, subglacial hydrology, plume-induced frontal melting and calving. We apply the model to Store Glacier ( Sermeq Kujalleq ) in west Greenland to simulate a year of high melt (2012) and one o...