Ice Shelves and Landfast Ice on the Antarctic Perimeter: Revised Scope of Work

Ice shelves respond quickly and profoundly to a warming climate. Within a decade after mean summertime temperature reaches approximately 0 deg C and persistent melt ponding is observed, a rapid retreat and disintegration begins. This link was documented for ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula reg...

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Main Authors: Scambos, Ted, Abdalati, Waleed
Language:unknown
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20050041627