Constraining variable density of ice shelves using wide-angle radar measurements

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Drews, Reinhard, Brown, Joel, Matsuoka, Kenichi, Witrant, Emmanuel, Philippe, Morgane, Hubbard, Bryn, Pattyn, Frank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Dronning Maud Land; Roi Baudouin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-811-2016; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00013599; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00013555/tc-10-811-2016.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/10/811/2016/tc-10-811-2016.pdf

The thickness of ice shelves, a basic parameter for mass balance estimates, is typically inferred using hydrostatic equilibrium, for which knowledge of the depth-averaged density is essential. The densification from snow to ice depends on a number of local factors (e.g., temperature and surface mass...