A simple parametrization of mélange buttressing for calving glaciers

<p>Both ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are discharging ice into the ocean. In many regions along the coast of the ice sheets, the icebergs calve into a bay. If the addition of icebergs through calving is faster than their transport out of the embayment, the icebergs will be frozen into...

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Main Authors: T. Schlemm, A. Levermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021-02-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/531/2021/tc-15-531-2021.pdf