Stability of the floating ice shelf of the Petermann glacier and its response to a changing environment

• Main Author: Rosier, Job (author)
• Other Authors: Lhermitte, Stef (mentor), Mottram, Ruth (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: glacier; Climate change; Remote Sensing; Arctic; Greenland; Petermann Fjord; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Petermann glacier
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:33bc746a-472d-4919-af26-e12896bf9abb

Nearly all major glaciers in Greenland have reduced in size over the last two decades. An increase in the amount of ice transported from the Greenland ice sheet to the oceans is predicted following an increase in Arctic air and ocean temperatures. One of the last glaciers with a floating ice shelf a...