Simulations of subglacial discharge and submarine melting during tidewater glacier retreat

Please open README.pdf for instructions on how to use this data package. To first order, subglacial discharge depends on climate, which determines precipitation fluxes and glacier mass balance, and the rate of glacier volume change. For tidewater glaciers, large and rapid changes in glacier volume can occur independent of climate change due to strong glacier dynamic feedbacks. Using an idealized tidewater glacier model, we show that these feedbacks produce secular variations in subglacial discharge and submarine melting that are influenced by subglacial topography.