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- Title
Application of a minimal glacier model to Hansbreen, Svalbard.
- Authors
Oerlemans, J.; Jania, J.; Kolondra, L.
- Abstract
The article reports on a study regarding the global dynamics of Hansbreen with minimal glacier model in Svalbard, Norway. Hansbreen is a well studied tidewater glacier in Svalbard wherein its ice mechanics are strongly parameterised and a simple law for iceberg calving is used. Result shows that the tidewater glaciers of Svalbard are extremely sensitive to climate change due to its low slopes and overdeepened beds and added that Hansbreen is doomed to disappear even without climate warming.
- Subjects
SVALBARD (Norway); NORWAY; GLACIERS; TIDE-waters; ICE calving; CLIMATE change; SLOPES (Physical geography)
- Publication
Cryosphere, 2011, Vol 5, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1994-0416
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/tc-5-1-2011