Sensitivity of subglacial drainage to water supply distribution at the Kongsfjord basin, Svalbard

• Published in: The cryosphere Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 2719 - 2738
• Main Authors: Scholzen, Chloé, Schuler, Thomas V, Gilbert, Adrien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 17.06.2021; Copernicus Publications under license by EGU – European Geosciences Union GmbH; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Analysis; Archipelagoes; Channeling; Channelization; Configurations; Distribution; Drainage systems; Glacier hydrology; Glacier melting; Glaciers; Glaciohydrology; Hydrologic models; Hydrology; Mathematical models; Meltwater; Numerical models; Pressure distribution; Recharge; Sea level; Spatial distribution; Subglacial topography; Summer; Svalbard; Tidewater; Topography; Two dimensional models; Water supply; Svalbard

By regulating the amount, the timing, and the location of meltwater supply to the glacier bed, supraglacial hydrology potentially exerts a major control on the evolution of the subglacial drainage system, which in turn modulates ice velocity. Yet the configuration of the supraglacial hydrological sy...