Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland

Calving and dynamics of Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland

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Project

Jakobshavn Isbræ is is the most active Greenland outlet glacier. We have studied its dynamics and calving in several projects.

Fieldwork

1995 summer (VAW/ETHZ)

  • deep drilling at the margins of Jakobshavn Isbrae, boreholes instrumentation

1996 spring (VAW/ETHZ)

  • recover data loggers, GPS measurements

2006 summer (VAW/ETHZ, UAF, UNH)

  • calving dynamics

2007 summer (VAW/ETHZ, UAF, UNH)

  • calving dynamics

2008 summer (VAW/ETHZ, UAF, UNH)

  • calving dynamics

2009 summer (VAW/ETHZ, UAF, UNH)

  • calving dynamics

2010 summer (VAW/ETHZ, UAF, UNH)

  • calving dynamics