TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION CALCULATING BASAL TEMPERATURES IN ICE SHEETS: AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET METHOD
The flow of ice sheets and their geomorphological impact is greatly influenced by their basal thermal regime. Calculations of basal temperatures in ice sheets are therefore fundamental in evaluating glacier dynamics and in determining the spatial distribution of zones of erosion and deposition benea...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.574.9078 2023-05-15T13:51:46+02:00 TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION CALCULATING BASAL TEMPERATURES IN ICE SHEETS: AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET METHOD Neil F. Glasser Martin J. Siegert The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2001 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.574.9078 http://www.cpom.org/research/mjs-espl.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.574.9078 http://www.cpom.org/research/mjs-espl.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.cpom.org/research/mjs-espl.pdf KEY WORDS ice sheets basal thermal regime spreadsheet Scotland Antarctica text 2001 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T12:42:33Z The flow of ice sheets and their geomorphological impact is greatly influenced by their basal thermal regime. Calculations of basal temperatures in ice sheets are therefore fundamental in evaluating glacier dynamics and in determining the spatial distribution of zones of erosion and deposition beneath ice masses. Calculations of basal temperatures are not frequently attempted, however, primarily because of the techniques required to solve the heat conduction equation between the ice surface and the base. This paper describes a new Excel spreadsheet method of solving this equation that can readily be applied to both former and contemporary ice sheets. The application of the spreadsheet is illustrated with two examples. The first provides a calculation of basal thermal regime beneath the north eastern part of the Scottish ice sheet during the last glacial maximum; the second shows how basal ice temperatures can be calculated beneath the modern Antarctic Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Unknown Antarctic |
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The flow of ice sheets and their geomorphological impact is greatly influenced by their basal thermal regime. Calculations of basal temperatures in ice sheets are therefore fundamental in evaluating glacier dynamics and in determining the spatial distribution of zones of erosion and deposition beneath ice masses. Calculations of basal temperatures are not frequently attempted, however, primarily because of the techniques required to solve the heat conduction equation between the ice surface and the base. This paper describes a new Excel spreadsheet method of solving this equation that can readily be applied to both former and contemporary ice sheets. The application of the spreadsheet is illustrated with two examples. The first provides a calculation of basal thermal regime beneath the north eastern part of the Scottish ice sheet during the last glacial maximum; the second shows how basal ice temperatures can be calculated beneath the modern Antarctic |
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TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION CALCULATING BASAL TEMPERATURES IN ICE SHEETS: AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET METHOD |
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