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Articles | Volume 13, issue 11
Articles | Volume 13, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3117-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3117-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 11
Research article
 | 
26 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 26 Nov 2019

Contribution of calving to frontal ablation quantified from seismic and hydroacoustic observations calibrated with lidar volume measurements

Andreas Köhler, Michał Pętlicki, Pierre-Marie Lefeuvre, Giuseppa Buscaino, Christopher Nuth, and Christian Weidle

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Glacier dynamic ice loss quantified through seismic eyes (CALVINGSEIS) – Dataset A. Köhler, C. Weidle, and C. Nuth https://doi.org/10.5880/GIPP.201604.1

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Short summary
Ice loss at the front of glaciers can be observed with high temporal resolution using seismometers. We combine seismic and underwater sound measurements of iceberg calving at Kronebreen, a glacier in Svalbard, with laser scanning of the glacier front. We develop a method to determine calving ice loss directly from seismic and underwater calving signals. This allowed us to quantify the contribution of calving to the total ice loss at the glacier front, which also includes underwater melting.
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