A fully-coupled 3D model of a large Greenlandic outlet glacier with evolving subglacial hydrology, frontal plume melting and calving

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Samuel J. Cook, Poul Christoffersen, Joe Todd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Subjects: Arctic glaciology; calving; glacier hydrology; glacier modelling; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Arctic; Greenland; Kujalleq; glacier; greenlandic; Journal of Glaciology; Sermeq Kujalleq; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.109; https://doaj.org/article/decdfd9067614f9baf0fa88c3f8ce530

We present the first fully coupled 3D full-Stokes model of a tidewater glacier, incorporating ice flow, subglacial hydrology, plume-induced frontal melting and calving. We apply the model to Store Glacier (Sermeq Kujalleq) in west Greenland to simulate a year of high melt (2012) and one of low melt...