Ice Stream Variability and Links to Climate

• Main Author: Robel, Alexander Abram
• Other Authors: Tziperman, Eli, Mitrovica, Jerry, Schoof, Christian, Rice, James
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Geophysics; Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Siple; Siple Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:23845475

This dissertation explores the variability and climatic importance of ice streams, regions of fast flow in ice sheets. Observations indicate that ice stream variability plays an important role in the current mass balance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and may be related to periods of rapid climatic...