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Relating ocean temperatures to frontal ablation rates at Svalbard tidewater glaciers: Insights from...

Relating ocean temperatures to frontal ablation rates at Svalbard tidewater glaciers: Insights from...

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Relating ocean temperatures to frontal ablation rates at Svalbard tidewater glaciers: Insights from glacier proximal datasets

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Relating ocean temperatures to frontal ablation rates at Svalbard tidewater glaciers: Insights from glacier proximal datasets

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Scientific reports, 2019-07, Vol.9 (1), p.9442-11, Article 9442

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Fjord-terminating glaciers in Svalbard lose mass through submarine melt and calving (collectively: frontal ablation), and surface melt. With the recently observed Atlantification of water masses in the Barents Sea, warmer waters enter these fjords and may reach glacier fronts, where their role in accelerating frontal ablation remains insufficiently...

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Relating ocean temperatures to frontal ablation rates at Svalbard tidewater glaciers: Insights from glacier proximal datasets

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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_su_170812

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_su_170812

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ISSN

2045-2322

E-ISSN

2045-2322

DOI

10.1038/s41598-019-45077-3