Drivers of Recurring Seasonal Cycle of Glacier Calving Styles and Patterns

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Andrea Kneib-Walter, Martin P. Lüthi, Luc Moreau, Andreas Vieli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: calving glaciers; calving; tidewater glacier dynamics; terrestrial radar interferometer; time-lapse imagery; meltwater plumes; Science; Q; Eqip Sermia; Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.667717; https://doaj.org/article/7a111b7975004a1c933406b32a921e57

Calving is a crucial process for the mass loss of outlet glaciers draining the Greenland ice sheet. Moreover, due to a lack of observations, calving contributes to large uncertainties in current glacier flow models and projections. Here we investigate the frequency, volume and style of calving event...