Iceberg melting substantially modifies oceanic heat flux towards a major Greenlandic tidewater glacier

BJ Davison, TR Cowton, FR Cottier, AJ Sole - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Fjord dynamics influence oceanic heat flux to the Greenland ice sheet. Submarine iceberg
melting releases large volumes of freshwater within Greenland's fjords, yet its impact on fjord …

Automated iceberg tracking with a machine learning approach applied to SAR imagery: A Weddell sea case study

MM Barbat, T Rackow, C Wesche, HH Hellmer… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Drifting icebergs represent a significant hazard for polar navigation and are able to impact
the ocean environment around them. Freshwater flux and the associated cooling from …

[HTML][HTML] Automated ArcticDEM iceberg detection tool: insights into area and volume distributions, and their potential application to satellite imagery and modelling of …

CJ Shiggins, JM Lea, S Brough - The Cryosphere, 2023 - tc.copernicus.org
Iceberg calving accounts for up to half of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS), with
their size distributions providing insights into glacier calving dynamics and impacting fjord …

Significant contribution of small icebergs to the freshwater budget in Greenland fjords

S Rezvanbehbahani, LA Stearns, R Keramati… - … earth & environment, 2020 - nature.com
Icebergs represent nearly half of the mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet and provide a
distributed source of freshwater along fjords which can alter fjord circulation, nutrient levels …

Fragmentation theory reveals processes controlling iceberg size distributions

J Åström, S Cook, EM Enderlin, DA Sutherland… - Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Iceberg calving strongly controls glacier mass loss, but the fracture processes leading to
iceberg formation are poorly understood due to the stochastic nature of calving. The size …

Sediment concentrations and transport in icebergs, Scoresby Sound, East Greenland

B Hasholt, TF Nielsen, KD Mankoff… - Hydrological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glaciers erode their beds and the adjacent landscape by abrasion and plucking and
entraining sediment on their way downwards driven by gravity. Ice becomes a sediment …

Iceberg Noise

V Schlindwein - … : Monitoring Seismic and Acoustic Signals in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the 1980s, powerful seismic tremor signals produced by Antarctic icebergs drifting along
the shores of Antarctica were first recognized in seismic records in the Pacific Ocean. This …

[HTML][HTML] Calving event size measurements and statistics of Eqip Sermia, Greenland, from terrestrial radar interferometry

A Walter, MP Lüthi, A Vieli - The Cryosphere, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Calving is a crucial process for the recently observed dynamic mass loss changes of the
Greenland ice sheet. Despite its importance for global sea level change, major limitations in …

Maker buoy variants for water level monitoring and tracking drifting objects in remote areas of Greenland

DF Carlson, WJ Pavalko, D Petersen, M Olsen… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Meltwater runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet changes water levels in glacial lakes and can
lead to glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOF) events that threaten lives and property …

Quad-polarimetric multi-scale analysis of icebergs in ALOS-2 SAR data: A comparison between icebergs in west and east Greenland

J Bailey, A Marino - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Icebergs are ocean hazards which require extensive monitoring. Synthetic Aperture Radar
(SAR) satellites can help with this, however, SAR backscattering is strongly influenced by …