Modelling and remote sensing of meltwater drainage on Antarctic ice shelves

• Main Author: Spergel, Julian Jacob
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Geophysics; Computer science; Hydrology; Ice shelves; Drainage; Meltwater; Runoff; Climatic changes; Antarctic; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Riiser-Larsen; Roi Baudouin; Nivlisen; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/swez-dp81

In this thesis, I have used remote sensing and modeling techniques to investigate Antarctic ice shelf surface hydrology with the purpose of answering three key questions: 1) How do surface drainage systems evolve over a typical summertime melt season, over several consecutive melt seasons, and over...