System Analysis and Generative Design for Icenode, a Buoyant Vehicle for Measuring Melt Rate Under Ice Shelves

• Main Authors: Schoelen, Dane, Clar, Evan B., Mechentel, Flora, Gebara, Christine
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2021 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Buttress; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/55204

Antarctic ice shelves buttress the Antarctic Ice Sheet from sliding into the ocean, and their collapse could trigger a meter or more of global sea level rise by the end of the century. Current state-of-the-art predictions for ice shelf behavior in a warming climate have large uncertainty, significan...