Non-linear glacier response to calving events, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland

• Main Authors: Cassoto, Ryan, Fahnestock, Mark, Amundson, Jason M., Truffer, Martin, Boettcher, Margaret S., De La Pena, Santiago, Howat, Ian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2018
• Subjects: calving; dynamic thinning; terrestrial radar interferometry; Jakobshavn Isbræ; tidewater glaciers; Greenland; glacier; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Journal of Glaciology; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/11200

Jakobshavn Isbræ, a tidewater glacier that produces some of Greenland’s largest icebergs and highest speeds, reached record-high flow rates in 2012 (Joughin and others, 2014). We use terrestrial radar interferometric observations from August 2012 to characterize the events that led to record-high fl...