The Annual Glaciohydrology Cycle in the Ablation Zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet: Part 1. Hydrology Model

• Main Authors: Anderson, Robert, Steffen. Konrad, Phillips, Thomas, Zwally, H. Jay, Abdalati, Waleed, Rajaram, Harihar, Colgan, William
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Geophysics; Greenland; Avannarleq; Sermeq Avannarleq; glacier; Ice Sheet; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20120009100

We apply a novel one-dimensional glacier hydrology model that calculates hydraulic head to the tidewater-terminating Sermeq Avannarleq flowline of the Greenland ice sheet. Within a plausible parameter space, the model achieves a quasi-steady-state annual cycle in which hydraulic head oscillates clos...