Application of a minimal glacier model to Hansbreen, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Oerlemans, J., Jania, J., Kolondra, Leszek
• Other Authors: Marine and Atmospheric Research, Sub Dynamics Meteorology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Hansbreen; Svalbard; glacier; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/231553

Hansbreen is a well studied tidewater glacier in the southwestern part of Svalbard, currently about 16 km long. Since the end of the 19th century it has been retreating over a distance of 2.7 km. In this paper the global dynamics of Hansbreen are studied with a minimal glacier model, in which the ic...