Glacial melt under a porous debris layer

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Evatt, Geoffrey, Abrahams, I David, Heil, Matthias, Mayer, Christoph, Kingslake, Jonathan, Mitchell, Sarah L., Fowler, Andrew C., Clark, Christopher D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIERS; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER MODELLING; MORAINE FORMATION; Nicholson; Østrem; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/f0187075-9c62-4c10-8b3f-0ed497cb3cd5; https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG14J235

In this paper we undertake a quantitative analysis of the dynamic process by which ice underneath a dry porous debris layer melts. We show that the incorporation of debris-layer airflow into a theoretical model of glacial melting can capture the empirically observed features of the so-called Østrem...