A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region
Understanding Antarctic Peninsula glacier evolution requires distributed ice thickness and subglacial topography. To date, 80% of the Antarctic Peninsula mainland ice volume has only been determined at low-resolution (1 km post spacing) and the distributed ice thickness of glaciers on surrounding is...
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ftleedsuniv:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:141457 2023-05-15T13:15:20+02:00 A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region Carrivick, JL Davies, BJ James, WHM McMillan, M Glasser, NF 2019-01-02 text https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141457/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141457/3/APicethickness_GEOGANN_final2.pdf en eng Taylor & Francis https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141457/3/APicethickness_GEOGANN_final2.pdf Carrivick, JL orcid.org/0000-0002-9286-5348 , Davies, BJ, James, WHM orcid.org/0000-0002-3273-4688 et al. (2 more authors) (2019) A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region. Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography, 101 (1). pp. 45-67. ISSN 0435-3676 Article NonPeerReviewed 2019 ftleedsuniv 2023-01-30T22:15:18Z Understanding Antarctic Peninsula glacier evolution requires distributed ice thickness and subglacial topography. To date, 80% of the Antarctic Peninsula mainland ice volume has only been determined at low-resolution (1 km post spacing) and the distributed ice thickness of glaciers on surrounding islands has never been quantified. In this study we applied a perfect plasticity model, selected for its simplicity, low data requirements and minimal parameterisation, to estimate glacier thickness, subglacial topography and ice volume for the entire Antarctic Peninsula region. We compared the output of this simple model to that of a more sophisticated but spatially-restricted model and also to the spatially-coarse but more extensive Bedmap2 dataset. The simple model produced mean differences of 1.4 m (std. dev. 243 m) in comparison with the more sophisticated approach for the mountainous parts of the Peninsula. It produced similar volumes for tidewater glaciers but gave unrealistic ice thickness around grounding lines. Ice thickness across low gradient plateau surfaces are mis-represented by a perfect plasticity model and thus for the southern part of the Peninsula only regional ice volume can be approximated by our model. Overall, with consideration of ice situated below sea level, model results suggest that Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land, the part of Palmer Land north of 74°S and all glaciers on islands contain an ice mass of ∼200 300 Gt, with sea level equivalent of 553 mm (± 11.6 mm). Of this total 8% is from glaciers on islands, 70% of which is from Alexander Island. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alexander Island Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Graham Land Palmer Land Tidewater White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York) Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Alexander Island ENVELOPE(-69.895,-69.895,-71.287,-71.287) Graham Land ENVELOPE(-63.500,-63.500,-66.000,-66.000) Palmer Land ENVELOPE(-65.000,-65.000,-71.500,-71.500) Trinity Peninsula ENVELOPE(-58.000,-58.000,-63.500,-63.500) |
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Understanding Antarctic Peninsula glacier evolution requires distributed ice thickness and subglacial topography. To date, 80% of the Antarctic Peninsula mainland ice volume has only been determined at low-resolution (1 km post spacing) and the distributed ice thickness of glaciers on surrounding islands has never been quantified. In this study we applied a perfect plasticity model, selected for its simplicity, low data requirements and minimal parameterisation, to estimate glacier thickness, subglacial topography and ice volume for the entire Antarctic Peninsula region. We compared the output of this simple model to that of a more sophisticated but spatially-restricted model and also to the spatially-coarse but more extensive Bedmap2 dataset. The simple model produced mean differences of 1.4 m (std. dev. 243 m) in comparison with the more sophisticated approach for the mountainous parts of the Peninsula. It produced similar volumes for tidewater glaciers but gave unrealistic ice thickness around grounding lines. Ice thickness across low gradient plateau surfaces are mis-represented by a perfect plasticity model and thus for the southern part of the Peninsula only regional ice volume can be approximated by our model. Overall, with consideration of ice situated below sea level, model results suggest that Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land, the part of Palmer Land north of 74°S and all glaciers on islands contain an ice mass of ∼200 300 Gt, with sea level equivalent of 553 mm (± 11.6 mm). Of this total 8% is from glaciers on islands, 70% of which is from Alexander Island. |
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Carrivick, JL Davies, BJ James, WHM McMillan, M Glasser, NF |
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Carrivick, JL Davies, BJ James, WHM McMillan, M Glasser, NF A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region |
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Carrivick, JL Davies, BJ James, WHM McMillan, M Glasser, NF |
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A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region |
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A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region |
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A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region |
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A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region |
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A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region |
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comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire antarctic peninsula region |
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https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141457/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141457/3/APicethickness_GEOGANN_final2.pdf |
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ENVELOPE(-69.895,-69.895,-71.287,-71.287) ENVELOPE(-63.500,-63.500,-66.000,-66.000) ENVELOPE(-65.000,-65.000,-71.500,-71.500) ENVELOPE(-58.000,-58.000,-63.500,-63.500) |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Alexander Island Graham Land Palmer Land Trinity Peninsula |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Alexander Island Graham Land Palmer Land Trinity Peninsula |
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Alexander Island Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Graham Land Palmer Land Tidewater |
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Alexander Island Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Graham Land Palmer Land Tidewater |
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https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141457/3/APicethickness_GEOGANN_final2.pdf Carrivick, JL orcid.org/0000-0002-9286-5348 , Davies, BJ, James, WHM orcid.org/0000-0002-3273-4688 et al. (2 more authors) (2019) A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region. Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography, 101 (1). pp. 45-67. ISSN 0435-3676 |
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