Glaciological observations using phase-sensitive radar

• Main Author: Zeising, Ole
• Other Authors: Humbert, Angelika, Braun, Matthias
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2022
• Subjects: Radio-echo sounding; polar ice sheets; Greenland; Antarctica; basal melting; 500; 500 Science; ddc:500; Antarctic; Filchner Ice Shelf; Antarc*; glacier; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/5857; https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1480; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-elib58576

The large ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are losing mass due to global warming. In particular, the acceleration of ice streams and thus the increased discharge into the ocean contributes significantly to global sea-level rise. The floating extensions of the ice streams counteract this, but i...