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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Frontal ablation is responsible for a large fraction of the mass loss from
    tidewater glaciers. The main contributors to frontal ablation are iceberg calving
    and submarine melting, with calving often being the largest. However, submarine
    melting, in addition to its direct contribution to mass loss, also promotes calving
    through the changes induced in the stress field at the glacier terminus, so both
    processes should be jointly analysed. Among the factors influencing submarine
    melting, the formation of a buoyant plume due to the emergence of fresh subglacial
    water at the glacier grounding line plays a key role. In this study we used Elmer/Ice
    to develop a 3D glacier dynamics model including calving and subglacial hydrology
    coupled with a line plume model to calculate the calving front position at every
    time step. We applied this model to the Hansbreen–Hansbukta glacier–fjord system
    in southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard, where a large set of data are available for
    both the glacier and the fjord from September 2008 to March 2011. We found that
    our 3D model reproduced the expected seasonal cycle of advance–retreat. Besides,
    the modelled front positions were in good agreement with the observed front positions
    at the central part of the calving front, with longitudinal differences, on average,
    below 15 m for the period from December 2009 to March 2011. But there were regions
    of the front, especially the eastern margin, that presented major differences.
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author:
- first_name: José M
  full_name: Muñoz Hermosilla, José M
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  last_name: Muñoz Hermosilla
  orcid: 0000-0002-1990-8508
- first_name: Jaime
  full_name: Otero, Jaime
  last_name: Otero
- first_name: Eva
  full_name: De Andrés, Eva
  last_name: De Andrés
- first_name: Kaian
  full_name: Shahateet, Kaian
  last_name: Shahateet
- first_name: Francisco
  full_name: Navarro, Francisco
  last_name: Navarro
- first_name: Iván
  full_name: Pérez-Doña, Iván
  last_name: Pérez-Doña
citation:
  ama: Muñoz Hermosilla JM, Otero J, De Andrés E, Shahateet K, Navarro F, Pérez-Doña
    I. A 3D glacier dynamics–line plume model to estimate the frontal ablation of
    Hansbreen, Svalbard. <i>The Cryosphere</i>. 2024;18(4):1911-1924. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1911-2024">10.5194/tc-18-1911-2024</a>
  apa: Muñoz Hermosilla, J. M., Otero, J., De Andrés, E., Shahateet, K., Navarro,
    F., &#38; Pérez-Doña, I. (2024). A 3D glacier dynamics–line plume model to estimate
    the frontal ablation of Hansbreen, Svalbard. <i>The Cryosphere</i>. Copernicus
    Publications. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1911-2024">https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1911-2024</a>
  chicago: Muñoz Hermosilla, José M, Jaime Otero, Eva De Andrés, Kaian Shahateet,
    Francisco Navarro, and Iván Pérez-Doña. “A 3D Glacier Dynamics–Line Plume Model
    to Estimate the Frontal Ablation of Hansbreen, Svalbard.” <i>The Cryosphere</i>.
    Copernicus Publications, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1911-2024">https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1911-2024</a>.
  ieee: J. M. Muñoz Hermosilla, J. Otero, E. De Andrés, K. Shahateet, F. Navarro,
    and I. Pérez-Doña, “A 3D glacier dynamics–line plume model to estimate the frontal
    ablation of Hansbreen, Svalbard,” <i>The Cryosphere</i>, vol. 18, no. 4. Copernicus
    Publications, pp. 1911–1924, 2024.
  ista: Muñoz Hermosilla JM, Otero J, De Andrés E, Shahateet K, Navarro F, Pérez-Doña
    I. 2024. A 3D glacier dynamics–line plume model to estimate the frontal ablation
    of Hansbreen, Svalbard. The Cryosphere. 18(4), 1911–1924.
  mla: Muñoz Hermosilla, José M., et al. “A 3D Glacier Dynamics–Line Plume Model to
    Estimate the Frontal Ablation of Hansbreen, Svalbard.” <i>The Cryosphere</i>,
    vol. 18, no. 4, Copernicus Publications, 2024, pp. 1911–24, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1911-2024">10.5194/tc-18-1911-2024</a>.
  short: J.M. Muñoz Hermosilla, J. Otero, E. De Andrés, K. Shahateet, F. Navarro,
    I. Pérez-Doña, The Cryosphere 18 (2024) 1911–1924.
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title: A 3D glacier dynamics–line plume model to estimate the frontal ablation of
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