Subglacial hydrology modulates basal sliding response of the Antarctic ice sheet to climate forcing

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: E. Kazmierczak, S. Sun, V. Coulon, F. Pattyn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weertman; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4537-2022; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/4537/2022/tc-16-4537-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/1bb185d3c88a4591bac04951ce34564c

Major uncertainties in the response of ice sheets to environmental forcing are due to subglacial processes. These processes pertain to the type of sliding or friction law as well as the spatial and temporal evolution of the effective pressure at the base of ice sheets. We evaluate the classic Weertm...