Towards quantifying changes in the modelled spatio-temporal variability in the ocean heat forcing to the Greenland tidewater glaciers: A study based on global climate model simulations of pre-industrial, historical and RCP 8.5 scenarios

• Main Author: Prakash, Abhay (author)
• Other Authors: Vizcaino, Miren (mentor), Bradley, Sarah (mentor), Klees, Roland (mentor), Katsman, Caroline (mentor), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Greenland ice sheet; tidewater glaciers; GCMs; climate projections; spatio-temporal variability; Kangerlussuaq; Helheim; Jakobshavn; Arctic; Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:be5a3909-5983-43ea-b2df-a8c074cafb3c

The Greenland Ice Sheet has a total volume of 2900000 km3. In recent decades, the ice-sheet has been losing mass rapidly and has nearly doubled its contribution to sea-level rise. One main contributing factor has been the recent widespread acceleration of the tidewater glaciers that terminate in dee...