Evaluation of four calving laws for Antarctic ice shelves

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Wilner, Joel A., Morlighem, Mathieu, Cheng, Gong
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Buttress; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4889-2023; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00070005; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00068370/tc-17-4889-2023.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/4889/2023/tc-17-4889-2023.pdf

Many floating ice shelves in Antarctica buttress the ice streams feeding them, thereby reducing the discharge of icebergs into the ocean. The rate at which ice shelves calve icebergs and how fast they flow determine whether they advance, retreat, or remain stable, exerting a first-order control on i...