Time series of basal melt rates of the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Sun, Sainan, Hattermann, Tore, Pattyn, Frank, Drews, Reinhard, Berger, Sophie
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: 1 year time series; Antarctica; ApRES; basal ice shelf melt rates; ice-ocean interaction; MULT; Multiple investigations; RoiBaudoin_IceShelf; Antarc*; Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.903182; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.903182

Ice shelves play a crucial role in helping controlling the current rate of mass loss from the Antarctic ice sheet through their buttressing potential. This control is modulated by variations in ice shelf mass balance, which cause changes in the thickness of the ice shelf, and therefore in its abilit...