Time series of basal melt rates of the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, Antarctica (1 day) ...

• Main Authors: Sun, Sainan, Hattermann, Tore, Pattyn, Frank, Drews, Reinhard, Berger, Sophie
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: 1 year time series; ApRES; basal ice shelf melt rates; ice-ocean interaction; DATE/TIME; Time in days; Ice draft; Strain rate, vertical; Strain rate, error; Melt rate; Melt rate, error; Displacement; Displacement, error; Coefficient; Number; Correlation coefficient; Probability; Depth, relative; Multiple investigations; Autonomous phase-sensitive radio-echo sounder; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.903180; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.903180

Ice shelves play a crucial role in helping controlling the current rate of mass loss from the Antarctic ice sheet through their buttressing potential. This control is modulated by variations in ice shelf mass balance, which cause changes in the thickness of the ice shelf, and therefore in its abilit...