Modeling the response of northwest Greenland to enhanced ocean thermal forcing and subglacial discharge

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: M. Morlighem, M. Wood, H. Seroussi, Y. Choi, E. Rignot
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Greenland; Hayes; Cornell Gletscher; Dietrichson Gletscher; Hayes Gletscher; Illullip Sermia; glacier; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-723-2019; https://doaj.org/article/9b66c0fc80d54fa791bcda2c3b459090

Calving-front dynamics is an important control on Greenland's ice mass balance. Ice front retreat of marine-terminating glaciers may, for example, lead to a loss in resistive stress, which ultimately results in glacier acceleration and thinning. Over the past decade, it has been suggested that...