Glacier Calving Rates Due to Subglacial Discharge, Fjord Circulation, and Free Convection

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Schild, Kristin M., Renshaw, Carl E., Benn, Douglas I., Luckman, Adrian, Hawley, Robert L., How, Penelope Ruth, Trusel, Luke D., Cottier, Finlo Robert, Pramanik, Ankit, Hulton, Nicholas R.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Kongsbreen; Svalbard; glacier; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24944; https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JF004520

Tidewater glacier calving provides the most direct mechanism of ice transfer from land to the ocean. However, the physical melt processes influencing calving remain challenging to constrain. In this study we focus on calving rates at Kongsbreen, a tidewater glacier in Svalbard, due to three mechanis...