Standing Water Depth on Larsen B Ice Shelf

• Main Author: Macayeal, Douglas R.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic Glaciology; Ice Shelf; Supraglacial Meltwater; Glaciology; Sample/Collection Description; Antarctica; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Cryosphere; Antarctic Peninsula; Larsen B Ice Shelf; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; Greenland; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/609584

Abstract: This data set addresses why surface melt water lakes on ice shelves and ice sheets are notably influential in triggering ice-shelf break-up and modulating seasonal ice flow, and are thus principle avenues by which environmental change can be transmitted to the ice sheets of Antarctica and...