Application of a minimal glacier model to Hansbreen, Svalbard

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Oerlemans, J., Jania, J., Kolondra, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Hansbreen; Svalbard; glacier; The Cryosphere; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-5-1-2011; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00028000; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00027955/tc-5-1-2011.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/5/1/2011/tc-5-1-2011.pdf

Hansbreen is a well studied tidewater glacier in the southwestern part of Svalbard, currently about 16 km long. Since the end of the 19th century it has been retreating over a distance of 2.7 km. In this paper the global dynamics of Hansbreen are studied with a minimal glacier model, in which the ic...