Evaluation of six geothermal heat flux maps for the Antarctic Lambert–Amery glacial system

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: H. Kang, L. Zhao, M. Wolovick, J. C. Moore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; envir; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3619-2022; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/3619/2022/tc-16-3619-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/2175d7ed3f3240d3b6c0be4dbc4633f4

Basal thermal conditions play an important role in ice sheet dynamics, and they are sensitive to geothermal heat flux (GHF). Here we estimate the basal thermal conditions, including basal temperature, basal melt rate, and friction heat underneath the Lambert–Amery Glacier system in eastern Antarctic...