Subglacial plumes

IJ Hewitt - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Buoyant plumes form when glacial ice melts directly into the ocean or when subglacial
meltwater is discharged to the ocean at depth. They play a key role in regulating heat …

Glacier calving in Greenland

DI Benn, T Cowton, J Todd, A Luckman - Current Climate Change Reports, 2017 - Springer
In combination, the breakaway of icebergs (calving) and submarine melting at marine-
terminating glaciers account for between one third and one half of the mass annually …

Marine‐terminating glaciers sustain high productivity in Greenland fjords

L Meire, J Mortensen, P Meire… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Accelerated mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet leads to glacier retreat and an
increasing input of glacial meltwater to the fjords and coastal waters around Greenland …

Non-linear response of summertime marine productivity to increased meltwater discharge around Greenland

MJ Hopwood, D Carroll, TJ Browning, L Meire… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is thought to enhance marine
productivity by adding bioessential iron and silicic acid to coastal waters. However …

Tidewater glaciers and bedrock characteristics control the phytoplankton growth environment in a fjord in the Arctic

L Halbach, M Vihtakari, P Duarte, A Everett… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Meltwater discharge from tidewater glaciers impacts the adjacent marine environment. Due
to the global warming, tidewater glaciers are retreating and will eventually terminate on land …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of icebergs on the seasonal submarine melt of Sermeq Kujalleq

K Kajanto, F Straneo, K Nisancioglu - The Cryosphere, 2023 - tc.copernicus.org
The role of icebergs in narrow fjords hosting marine-terminating glaciers in Greenland is
poorly understood, even though iceberg melt results in a substantial freshwater flux that can …

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 …

Subglacial discharge‐driven renewal of tidewater glacier fjords

D Carroll, DA Sutherland, EL Shroyer… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The classic model of fjord renewal is complicated by tidewater glacier fjords, where
submarine melt and subglacial discharge provide substantial buoyancy forcing at depth …

Near‐glacier surveying of a subglacial discharge plume: Implications for plume parameterizations

RH Jackson, EL Shroyer, JD Nash… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
At tidewater glaciers, plume dynamics affect submarine melting, fjord circulation, and the
mixing of meltwater. Models often rely on buoyant plume theory to parameterize plumes and …

Surface emergence of glacial plumes determined by fjord stratification

E De Andrés, DA Slater, F Straneo, J Otero… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Meltwater and sediment-laden plumes at tidewater glaciers, resulting from the localized
subglacial discharge of surface melt, influence submarine melting of the glacier and the …