Basal Melting Along the Floating Part of Byrd Glacier
A mass balance calculation was made for the floating part of Byrd Glacier, using 1978-79 ice elevation and velocity data, over the 45 km of Byrd Glacier from its grounding line to where it leaves its fjord and merges with the Ross Ice Shelf. Smoothed basal melting rates were relatively uniform over...
Published in: | Antarctic Science |
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DigitalCommons@UMaine
2004
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Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/15 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102004002068 https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/ers_facpub/article/1014/viewcontent/hughes_16_355_358.pdf |
Summary: | A mass balance calculation was made for the floating part of Byrd Glacier, using 1978-79 ice elevation and velocity data, over the 45 km of Byrd Glacier from its grounding line to where it leaves its fjord and merges with the Ross Ice Shelf. Smoothed basal melting rates were relatively uniform over this distance and averaged 12 +/- 2 m yr(-1). |
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