Surface meltwater drainage and ponding on Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, 1973–2019

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Julian J. Spergel, Jonathan Kingslake, Timothy Creyts, Melchior van Wessem, Helen A. Fricker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Subjects: melt-surface; remote sensing; ice shelves; Antarctic glaciology; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.46; https://doaj.org/article/0054a5a5de4143bf9e3d07fa7936f8e7

Surface melting on Amery Ice Shelf (AIS), East Antarctica, produces an extensive supraglacial drainage system consisting of hundreds of lakes connected by surface channels. This drainage system forms most summers on the southern portion of AIS, transporting meltwater large distances northward, towar...