C23A:
Glacier-Ocean Interactions: Iceberg Calving and Submarine Melting I Posters
Session ID#: 1635
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Not an Option (Moscone West)
Chairs: Ellyn M Enderlin, Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States and Timothy C Bartholomaus, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
Primary Convener: Ellyn M Enderlin, Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States
Co-Convener: Timothy C Bartholomaus, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
OSPA Liaison: Ellyn M Enderlin, Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Enhanced Climate Changes at High Latitude
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Seasonal Variations in Terminus Position and Frontal Ablation in Glaciar Perito Moreno, a Freshwater Calving Glacier in Southern Patagonia Icefield (11706)
Masahiro Minowa1, Daiki Sakakibara2 and Shin Sugiyama1, (1)Hokkaido University, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Sapporo, Japan, (2)Hokkaido University, Arctic Research Center, Sapporo, Japan
Collaborating with the local community of Kullorsuaq, Greenland to obtain high-quality hydrographic measurements near Alison Glacier (23770)
David Felton Porter1, Margie Turrin2, Kirsty J Tinto3, Claudia Fabiana Giulivi4, James R. Cochran5 and Robin Elizabeth Bell3, (1)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)LDEO of Columbia University, Marine & Polar Geophysics, Palisades, United States, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)LDEO of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, (5)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
In-Situ Observations of a Subglacial Outflow Plume in a Greenland Fjord (11114)
Kenneth D Mankoff1, Fiammetta Straneo2, Hanumant Singh1 and Sarah B Das3, (1)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (3)WHOI, Woods Hole, United States
Capturing Greenland Meltwater Plume Dynamics with IcePod Imagery (30556)
Scott Brown1, Deborah A Le Bel2, Christopher J Zappa1, David Felton Porter1, Kirsty J Tinto2,3, Robin Elizabeth Bell4 and Nicholas Frearson2,4, (1)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Modeling the Impact of Glacial Runoff on Fjord Circulation and Submarine Melt Rate using a New Parameterization for Glacial Plumes (12152)
Tom Ralph Cowton1, Donald Alexander Slater2, Andrew John Sole1, Daniel N Goldberg2 and Peter W Nienow2, (1)University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, (2)University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Submarine melting at tidewater glaciers: comparison of numerical modelling, buoyant plume theory and hydrographic data. (17056)
Donald Alexander Slater1, Peter W Nienow2, Daniel N Goldberg1, Tom Ralph Cowton3 and Andrew John Sole3, (1)University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (2)University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh, EH9, United Kingdom, (3)University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
The Impact of Empirical Calving Laws on Thwaites Glacier Dynamics (16321)
Byron R Parizek1, Knut A Christianson2, Richard B Alley3, Sridhar Anandakrishnan4, Todd K Dupont5, David M Holland6, David Pollard3 and Ryan T Walker7, (1)Pennsylvania State University, DuBois, PA, United States, (2)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, United States, (4)Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, United States, (5)Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States, (6)New York University, New York, NY, United States, (7)University of Maryland, Greenbelt, United States
Theoretical and experimental modelling of the turbulent dissolution of a vertical ice wall in salty water, and its application to the ablation of icebergs and ice shelves. (19144)
Ross C Kerr, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia and Craig Daniel McConnochie, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Using Icebergs to Constrain Fjord Circulation and Link to Glacier Dynamics (3998)
Dave Sutherland1, Fiammetta Straneo2, Gordon S Hamilton3, Leigh A Stearns4 and George Roth1,5, (1)University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States, (2)UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (3)University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States, (4)University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (5)Polar Geospatial Center, St Paul, MN, United States
The 'footloose' mechanism: Iceberg decay from hydrostatic stresses (31800)
Peter Wadhams1, Till J.W. Wagner2, Charles Richard Bates3, Pedro Elosegui4, Alon A Stern5, Dominic Vella6, Einar Povl Abrahamsen7, Anna J Crawford8 and Keith W Nicholls7, (1)University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (2)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom, (4)Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM) - CSIC, Barcelona, Spain, (5)New York University, New York, United States, (6)University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, (7)British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (8)University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
