Basal melt of the southern Filchner Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: O. Zeising, D. Steinhage, K. W. Nicholls, H. F. J. Corr, C. L. Stewart, A. Humbert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Filchner Ice Shelf; Support Force Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1469-2022; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/1469/2022/tc-16-1469-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/c8adc12bf3354e3398435f5084f10799

Basal melt of ice shelves is a key factor governing discharge of ice from the Antarctic Ice Sheet as a result of its effects on buttressing. Here, we use radio echo sounding to determine the spatial variability of the basal melt rate of the southern Filchner Ice Shelf, Antarctica, along the inflow o...