Sensitivity of the Ross Ice Shelf to environmental and glaciological controls

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: F. Baldacchino, M. Morlighem, N. R. Golledge, H. Horgan, A. Malyarenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Ross Ice Shelf; Siple; Siple Coast; Transantarctic Mountains; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3723-2022; https://doaj.org/article/da22fe33b8c245088ecd3b5f9f4b3ab9

The Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) is currently stable but recent observations have indicated that basal melt rates beneath the ice shelf are expected to increase. It is important to know which areas of the RIS are more sensitive to enhanced basal melting as well as other external forcings or internal materia...