Modeling Ice-shelf Ocean Interaction at Petermann Glacier, Greenland

• Main Author: Bao, Weiyang
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2017
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Oseanografi: 452; FYS-3900; Greenland; Nares; Petermann Fjord; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Nares strait; Petermann glacier
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/11894

Petermann Glacier drains about 4% of the Greenland ice sheet area, with at least 80% of its mass loss through basal melting of the floating ice shelf. Utilizing a high-resolution coupled ice-shelf-ocean model, we aim at understanding the ocean circulation in Nares Strait and the mechanism of oceanic...