Influence of fast ice on future ice shelf melting in the Totten Glacier area, East Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: G. Van Achter, T. Fichefet, H. Goosse, E. Moreno-Chamarro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Totten Glacier; Moscow University Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; Sea ice; The Cryosphere; Totten Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4745-2022; https://doaj.org/article/f768376de539463bbf0924f2dd358995

The Totten Glacier in East Antarctica is of major climatic interest because of the large fluctuations in its grounding line and potential vulnerability to climate change. Here, we use a series of high-resolution, regional NEMO-LIM-based (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean coupled with the L...