Modeling the Thickness of Perennial Ice Covers on Stratified Lakes of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Obryk, Maciej K., Doran, Peter T., Hicks, Jared A., McKay, Christopher P., Priscu, John Charles
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: PDXScholar 2016
• Subjects: Glaciers > Ecological aspects; Glaciers > Antarctica > Taylor Valley; Atmospheric temperature; Geology; Geophysics and Seismology; Glaciology; Bonney; Fryxell; Lake Bonney; Lake Fryxell; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/geology_fac/103; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1102&context=geology_fac

A 1-D ice cover model was developed to predict and constrain drivers of long-term ice thick-ness trends in chemically stratified lakes of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. The model is driven by surface ra-diative heat fluxes and heat fluxes from the underlying water column. The model successfully reproduc...