Tides modulate crevasse opening prior to a major calving event at Bowdoin Glacier, Northwest Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Van Dongen, Eef, Jouvet, Guillaume, Walter, Andrea, Todd, Joe, Zwinger, Thomas, Asaji, Izumi, Sugiyama, Shin, Walter, Fabian, Funk, Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Crevasses; Glacier modelling; Glacier monitoring; Iceberg calving; Bowdoin; Greenland; glacier; Journal of Glaciology; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/tides-modulate-crevasse-opening-prior-to-a-major-calving-event-at-bowdoin-glacier-northwest-greenland(ebbab811-079a-4d80-9227-ef9c92dfe96a).html; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.89; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/19382/1/vanDongen_2020_JG_Tides_CC.pdf

Retreat of calving glaciers worldwide has contributed substantially to sea-level rise in recent decades. Mass loss by calving contributes significantly to the uncertainty of sea-level rise projections. At Bowdoin Glacier, Northwest Greenland, most calving occurs by a few large events resulting from...