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Coupled machine learning and the limits of acceptability approach applied in parameter identification for a distributed hydrological model
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Thomas V. Schuler
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
John F. Burkhart
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Morten Hjorth-Jensen
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA
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In this study we present subglacial air, ice and sediment temperatures from within the basal drainage systems of two cold-based glaciers on Svalbard during late spring and the summer melt season. We put the data into the context of air temperature and rainfall at the glacier surface and show the importance of surface events on the subglacial thermal regime and erosion around basal drainage channels. Observed vertical erosion rates thereby reachup to 0.9 m d−1.
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The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-197, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-197, 2020
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Freshwater discharge from tidewater glaciers influences fjord circulation and fjord ecosystem. Glacier hydrology plays crucial role in transporting water underneath glacier ice. We investigated hydrology beneath the tidewater glaciers of Kongsfjord basin in Northwest Svalbard and found that subglacial water flow differs substantially from surface flow of glacier ice. Furthermore, we derived freshwater discharge time-series from all the glaciers to the fjord.
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