Towards a regional coupled ice flow - ocean model for Antarctica — the ice perspective
The ice flow at the margins of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is moderated by large ice shelves. Their buttressing effect significantly controls the mass balance of the WAIS and thus its contribution to global sea level rise. The stability of these ice shelves results from the balance of surfac...
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| Format: | Conference Object |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/40974/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47945 |