Melt at grounding line controls observed and future retreat of Smith, Pope, and Kohler glaciers

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: D. A. Lilien, I. Joughin, B. Smith, N. Gourmelen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: geo; envir; Crosson Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Smith Glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2817-2019; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/2817/2019/tc-13-2817-2019.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/995a9688b6b84227900d520155dd10f8

Smith, Pope, and Kohler glaciers and the corresponding Crosson and Dotson ice shelves have undergone speedup, thinning, and rapid grounding-line retreat in recent years, leaving them in a state likely conducive to future retreat. We conducted a suite of numerical model simulations of these glaciers...