Surges of Harald Moltke Bræ, north-western Greenland: seasonal modulation and initiation at the terminus

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Müller, Lukas, Horwath, Martin, Scheinert, Mirko, Mayer, Christoph, Ebermann, Benjamin, Floricioiu, Dana, Krieger, Lukas, Rosenau, Ralf, Vijay, Saurabh
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Greenland; Moltke; glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3355-2021; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/3355/2021/

Harald Moltke Bræ, a marine-terminating glacier in north-western Greenland, shows episodic surges. A recent surge from 2013 to 2019 lasted significantly longer (6 years) than previously observed surges (2–4 years) and exhibits a pronounced seasonality with flow velocities varying by 1 order of magni...