Surface melt and ponding on Larsen C Ice Shelf and the impact of föhn winds

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Luckman, Adrian J., Elvidge, Andrew, Jansen, Daniela, Kulessa, Bernd, Kuipers Munneke, Peter, King, John, Barrand, Nicholas E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic Science; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/36596/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/36596/1/Luckman2014.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44429; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44429.d001

A common precursor to ice shelf disintegration, most notably that of Larsen B Ice Shelf, is unusually intense or prolonged surface melt and the presence of surface standing water. However, there has been little research into detailed patterns of melt on ice shelves or the nature of summer melt ponds...