C44B:
Glacier-Ocean Interactions: Iceberg Calving and Submarine Melting II

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Ellyn M Enderlin, Climate Change Institute, Orono, ME, United States and Timothy C Bartholomaus, University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States
Primary Conveners:  Ellyn M Enderlin, Climate Change Institute, Orono, ME, United States
Co-conveners:  Timothy C Bartholomaus, University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Ellyn M Enderlin, Climate Change Institute, Orono, ME, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4:00 PM
 
How to choose a calving law
Martin O'Leary, Glaciology Group, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
4:15 PM
 
First-principles Simulations and the Criticality of Calving Glaciers
Jan Anders Åström, CSC: IT Center for Science, Espoo, Finland
4:30 PM
 
Melt Undercutting and Calving from Tidewater Glaciers: Observations and Model Results
Doug Benn1, Sue Cook1, Jan Anders Åström2, Adrian J Luckman3 and Thomas Zwinger2, (1)University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway, (2)CSC: IT Center for Science, Espoo, Finland, (3)Swansea University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
4:45 PM
 
When ice meets water: Sub-aqueous melt and its relevance in various settings
Martin Truffer, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Roman J Motyka, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK, United States
5:00 PM
 
Oceanic Boundary Conditions for Jakobshavn Glacier: Variability and Renewal of Ilulissat Icefjord Waters, 2001-2014
Carl V Gladish1, David M Holland2, Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid3, Jane Behrens4 and Jesper Boje4, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EAPS, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)New York University, New York, NY, United States, (3)Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk, Greenland, (4)Technical University of Denmark AQUA, Charlottenlund, Denmark
5:30 PM
 
Runoff Routing Beneath Marine-terminating Glaciers in Central West Greenland
Mason Fried1, Ginny A Catania1, Timothy Bartholomaus1, Christian Black1, Dan Duncan1, Marcy B Davis1, Leigh A Stearns2, Jonathan D Nash3, Emily Shroyer3, Dave Sutherland4 and Ryan T Walker5, (1)University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Kansas, Department of Geology, Lawrence, KS, United States, (3)Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States, (4)University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States, (5)University of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD, United States
5:45 PM
 
An Initial AUV Investigation of the Morainal Bank and Ice-Proximal Submarine Processes of the Advancing Hubbard Glacier, Southeast Alaska
Daniel E Lawson, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, United States; Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, Sean P S Gulick, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, John A Goff, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States and William O'Halloran, Bluefin Robotics, Inc., Quincy, MA, United States
 
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