Modelling calving and sliding of Svalbard outlet glaciers : Spatio-temporal changes and interactions

• Main Author: Vallot, Dorothée
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära 2017
• Subjects: cryospheric science; glacier modelling; time-lapse imagery; undercutting; sliding inversion; discrete particle model; calving model; subglacial hydrology; sliding law; automatic detection method; calving events size and frequency; ocean interaction; melt water runoff; ice dynamics; ice flow model; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Multidisciplinär geovetenskap; Kronebreen; Svalbard; Tunabreen; glacier
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-334787

Future sea level rise associated to global warming is one of the greatest societal and environmental challenges of tomorrow. A large part of the contribution comes from glaciers and ice sheets discharging ice and meltwater into the ocean and the recent worldwide increase is worrying. Future predicti...