Simulating ice thickness and velocity evolution of Upernavik Isstrøm 1849–2012 by forcing prescribed terminus positions in ISSM

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Haubner, Konstanze, Box, Jason E., Schlegel, Nicole J., Larour, Eric Y., Morlighem, Mathieu, Solgaard, Anne M., Kjeldsen, Kristian K., Larsen, Signe H., Rignot, Eric, Dupont, Todd K., Kjær, Kurt H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Greenland; Upernavik Isstrøm; glacier; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere; Tidewater; Upernavik
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1511-2018; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00006675; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00006632/tc-12-1511-2018.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/12/1511/2018/tc-12-1511-2018.pdf

Tidewater glacier velocity and mass balance are known to be highly responsive to terminus position change. Yet it remains challenging for ice flow models to reproduce observed ice margin changes. Here, using the Ice Sheet System Model (Larour et al., 2012), we simulate the ice velocity and thickness...