A mass-flux perspective of the tidewater glacier cycle

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Amundson, Jason M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2016
• Subjects: ice-ocean interactions; iceberg; calving; tidewater glaciers; Fricker; Greenland; glacier; Journal of Glaciology; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/11191

I explore the tidewater glacier cycle with a 1-D, depth- and width-integrated flow model that includes a mass-flux calving parameterization. The parameterization is developed from mass continuity arguments and relates the calving rate to the terminus velocity and the terminus balance velocity. I exp...