Effects of undercutting and sliding on calving: a global approach applied to Kronebreen, Svalbard

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Vallot, Dorothée, Åström, Jan, Zwinger, Thomas, Pettersson, Rickard, Everett, Alistair, Benn, Douglas I., Luckman, Adrian, Pelt, Ward J. J., Nick, Faezeh, Kohler, Jack
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Kronebreen; Svalbard; glacier; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-609-2018; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/12/609/2018/

In this paper, we study the effects of basal friction, sub-aqueous undercutting and glacier geometry on the calving process by combining six different models in an offline-coupled workflow: a continuum–mechanical ice flow model (Elmer/Ice), a climatic mass balance model, a simple subglacial hydrolog...