A simple parametrization of mélange buttressing for calving glaciers
Both ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are discharging ice into the ocean. In many regions along the coast of the ice sheets, the icebergs calve into a bay. If the addition of icebergs through calving is faster than their transport out of the embayment, the icebergs will be frozen into a melang...
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ftubpotsdam:oai:kobv.de-opus4-uni-potsdam:62918 2024-04-21T07:48:00+00:00 A simple parametrization of mélange buttressing for calving glaciers Schlemm, Tanja (Dr.) Levermann, Anders (Prof. Dr.) 2021-02-03 https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62918 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-531-2021 eng eng https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62918 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-531-2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess ddc:910 Institut für Physik und Astronomie article doc-type:article 2021 ftubpotsdam https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-531-2021 2024-03-27T15:02:48Z Both ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are discharging ice into the ocean. In many regions along the coast of the ice sheets, the icebergs calve into a bay. If the addition of icebergs through calving is faster than their transport out of the embayment, the icebergs will be frozen into a melange with surrounding sea ice in winter. In this case, the buttressing effect of the ice melange can be considerably stronger than any buttressing by mere sea ice would be. This in turn stabilizes the glacier terminus and leads to a reduction in calving rates. Here we propose a simple parametrization of ice melange buttressing which leads to an upper bound on calving rates and can be used in numerical and analytical modelling. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica glacier Greenland Sea ice University of Potsdam: publish.UP The Cryosphere 15 2 531 545 |
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Both ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are discharging ice into the ocean. In many regions along the coast of the ice sheets, the icebergs calve into a bay. If the addition of icebergs through calving is faster than their transport out of the embayment, the icebergs will be frozen into a melange with surrounding sea ice in winter. In this case, the buttressing effect of the ice melange can be considerably stronger than any buttressing by mere sea ice would be. This in turn stabilizes the glacier terminus and leads to a reduction in calving rates. Here we propose a simple parametrization of ice melange buttressing which leads to an upper bound on calving rates and can be used in numerical and analytical modelling. |
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A simple parametrization of mélange buttressing for calving glaciers |
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A simple parametrization of mélange buttressing for calving glaciers |
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A simple parametrization of mélange buttressing for calving glaciers |
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A simple parametrization of mélange buttressing for calving glaciers |
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A simple parametrization of mélange buttressing for calving glaciers |
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simple parametrization of mélange buttressing for calving glaciers |
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Antarc* Antarctica glacier Greenland Sea ice |
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Antarc* Antarctica glacier Greenland Sea ice |
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