A Mass Balance Study of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

• Main Author: Spikes, Vandy Blue
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2003
• Subjects: Geology Antarctica; Glaciers Antarctica; Ice sheets Antarctica; Earth Sciences; Geology; Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/595; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/etd/article/1620/viewcontent/SpikesVB2003.pdf

The present state of the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) is a prime concern of science, but its large size and remote location have limited the amount of reliable data that are available for mass balance calculations. The spatial pattern of mass balance for a 100-km2 portion of the WAIS is estimated...