Hydraulic suppression of basal glacier melt in sill fjords

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. Nilsson, E. van Dongen, M. Jakobsson, M. O'Regan, C. Stranne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Greenland; Ryder; glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2455-2023; https://doaj.org/article/8e33a0c481524df182684a01880ec916

Using a conceptual model, we examine how hydraulically controlled exchange flows in silled fjords affect the relationship between the basal glacier melt and the features of warm intermediate Atlantic Water (AW) outside the fjords. We show that an exchange flow can be forced to transit into the hydra...