Application of a minimal glacier model to Hansbreen, Svalbard

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. Oerlemans, J. Jania, L. Kolondra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: geo; envir; Hansbreen; Svalbard; glacier; The Cryosphere; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-5-1-2011; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/5/1/2011/tc-5-1-2011.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/243dde4db94340b28ac8efe52bb10ce3

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...