The Impact of Elevation-SMB Feedbacks on the Evolution of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

• Main Author: Verboncoeur, Hannah
• Other Authors: Robel, Alexander, Chu, Winnie (Wing Yin), Schmidt, Britney, Wilson, Samantha, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2021
• Subjects: Glacier; Ice sheet; Thwaites; SMB; Surface mass balance; Antarctica; Amundsen; Feedback; ISSM; RACMO; Climate; Sea level; Radar; HPC; Simulation; Antarctic; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64885

The Amundsen Region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is one of the major active contributors to global sea level rise. Thwaites Glacier is a large, fast-flowing glacier in this region which is experiencing mass loss, flow acceleration, and rapid grounding line retreat, indicative of the marine ice sh...