UACE2021: Recent Progress in Monitoring Tidewater Glaciers with Passive Cryoacoustics
- Day: Tuesday 22nd
Location / Time: Room A at 18:00-18:20 (EEST, UTC+3)
- Session: 02. Acoustics in polar environments
Organiser(s): Tegowski Jaroslaw, Blondel Philippe, Sagen Hanne
Chairperson(s): Tegowski Jaroslaw, Blondel Philippe, Sagen Hanne
- Lecture: Recent Progress in Monitoring Tidewater Glaciers with Passive Cryoacoustics [ invited]
Paper ID: 1552
Author(s): Glowacki Oskar, Vishnu Hari, Stokes Dale, Chitre Mandar, Johnson Hayden, Tegowski Jaroslaw
Presenter: Deane Grrant
Presentation type: Oral, pre-recorded
Abstract: Sea level rise and the input of fresh meltwater into northern latitudes are pressing concerns, motivating studies of the stability of marine-terminating glaciers. The logistical difficulties and outright dangers of working near a glacier terminus make remote sensing techniques for the study of terminus behavior especially important. Passive cryoacoustics – making use of the ambient soundscape to quantify ice-ocean interactions – show promise as a remote sensing technique for iceberg calving and terminus melting. Here we summarize progress in the development of these acoustic tools and describe recent accomplishments and ongoing challenges.
- Corresponding author: Dr Deane Grrant
Affiliation: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Country: United States
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