Subglacial hydrology indicates a major shift in dynamics of the West Antarctic Ross Ice Streams within the next two centuries

• Main Authors: Goeller, S., Helm, V., Thoma, M., Grosfeld, K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bindschadler Ice Stream; Siple; Siple Coast; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tcd-9-3995-2015; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2015-106/

The mass export of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is dominated by fast flowing ice streams. Understanding their dynamics is a key to estimate the future integrity of the WAIS and its contributions to global sea level rise. This study focuses on the Ross Ice Streams (RIS) at the Siple Coast. In...