Effects of undercutting and sliding on calving: a global approach applied to Kronebreen, Svalbard

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Vallot, Dorothée, Åström, Jan, Zwinger, Thomas, Pettersson, Rickard, Everett, Alistair, Benn, Douglas I., Luckman, Adrian, van Pelt, Ward J. J., Nick, Faezeh, Kohler, Jack
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Kronebreen; Svalbard; glacier; The Cryosphere; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-609-2018; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00007270; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00007227/tc-12-609-2018.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/12/609/2018/tc-12-609-2018.pdf

In this paper, we study the effects of basal friction, sub-aqueous undercutting and glacier geometry on the calving process by combining six different models in an offline-coupled workflow: a continuum–mechanical ice flow model (Elmer/Ice), a climatic mass balance model, a simple subglacial hydrolog...