Modelling environmental influences on calving at Helheim Glacier in eastern Greenland

Calving is an important mass-loss process for many glaciers worldwide, and has been assumed to respond to a variety of environmental influences. We present a grounded, flowline tidewater glacier model using a physically-based calving mechanism, applied to Helheim Glacier, eastern Greenland. By qual...

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Main Authors: S. Cook, I. C. Rutt, T. Murray, A. Luckman, T. Zwinger, N. Selmes, A. Goldsack, T. D. James
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-05-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/827/2014/tc-8-827-2014.pdf