Evaluation of four calving laws for Antarctic ice shelves

Many floating ice shelves in Antarctica buttress the ice streams feeding them, thereby reducing the discharge of icebergs into the ocean. The rate at which ice shelves calve icebergs and how fast they flow determines whether they advance, retreat, or remain stable, exerting a first-order control on...

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Main Authors: Wilner, Joel Alexander, Morlighem, Mathieu, Cheng, Gong
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2023-86
https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2023-86/