The Tweeting Ice Shelf: geophysics and outreach
The Tweeting Ice Shelf: geophysics and outreachBrice Van Liefferinge, Sophie Berger, Reinhard Drews, and Frank PattynUniversité Libre de Bruxelles, Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Brussels, Belgium (bvlieffe@ulb.ac.be)Over the last decade the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have contributed about one...
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ftunivbruxelles:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/199460 2023-05-15T13:37:29+02:00 The Tweeting Ice Shelf: geophysics and outreach Van Liefferinge, Brice Drews, Reinhard Berger, Sophie Pattyn, Frank European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015 (12-17 April 2015: Vienna, Austria) 2015-04-14 1 full-text file(s): application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/199460 https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/199460/1/EGU_Tw_BVL.pptx en eng https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/199460/1/EGU_Tw_BVL.pptx http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/199460 1 full-text file(s): info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Glaciologie info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceContribution info:ulb-repo/semantics/conferenceContribution info:ulb-repo/semantics/openurl/document 2015 ftunivbruxelles 2022-06-12T22:09:17Z The Tweeting Ice Shelf: geophysics and outreachBrice Van Liefferinge, Sophie Berger, Reinhard Drews, and Frank PattynUniversité Libre de Bruxelles, Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Brussels, Belgium (bvlieffe@ulb.ac.be)Over the last decade the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have contributed about one third of the annual sea levelrise (Hanna et al. 2013). However, it remains difficult to reconcile global mass balance estimates obtained fromdifferent satellite-based methods. A typical approach is to balance the mass input from atmospheric modellingwith the outgoing mass flux at the ice-sheet boundary (Shepherd et al. 2012). The flux calculations at the boundaryrely on satellite-derived surface velocities, which are currently only available as snapshots in time, and which needground truth for validation. Here, we report on continuous, year-round measurements that aim at improving theinput-output method in several aspects and carefully map the flow speed allowing for detecting seasonal variability.For this purpose, we set up in December 2014 three stand-alone single-frequency GPSes on the Roi Baudouinice shelf (East Antarctica). The GPSes are installed across a surface depression (typical for large ice-shelfchannels), where subglacial melting is expected. This setup allows us to investigate how these channels behave,i.e. if they become wider, whether or not they enhance the ice flow, and, in combination with an installedphase-sensitive radar, what amount of melting occurs below the channels in contact with the ocean.The GPS data are transmitted on a daily basis. Ice-shelf velocity is derived from the raw hourly locationfollowing the methods described in den Ouden et al. (2010), Dunse et al. (2012), and Ahlstrøm et al. (2013).However, a reference station has not been used for the correction. Basic processing involves outliers removal,smoothing, time-series analysis and comparison with tidal models.The project comes alongside an outreach event: on a weekly basis, the ice shelf ‘tweets’ its position, motionand relays ... Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica Greenland Ice Sheet Ice Shelf DI-fusion : dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Antarctic The Antarctic East Antarctica Greenland |
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The Tweeting Ice Shelf: geophysics and outreachBrice Van Liefferinge, Sophie Berger, Reinhard Drews, and Frank PattynUniversité Libre de Bruxelles, Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Brussels, Belgium (bvlieffe@ulb.ac.be)Over the last decade the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have contributed about one third of the annual sea levelrise (Hanna et al. 2013). However, it remains difficult to reconcile global mass balance estimates obtained fromdifferent satellite-based methods. A typical approach is to balance the mass input from atmospheric modellingwith the outgoing mass flux at the ice-sheet boundary (Shepherd et al. 2012). The flux calculations at the boundaryrely on satellite-derived surface velocities, which are currently only available as snapshots in time, and which needground truth for validation. Here, we report on continuous, year-round measurements that aim at improving theinput-output method in several aspects and carefully map the flow speed allowing for detecting seasonal variability.For this purpose, we set up in December 2014 three stand-alone single-frequency GPSes on the Roi Baudouinice shelf (East Antarctica). The GPSes are installed across a surface depression (typical for large ice-shelfchannels), where subglacial melting is expected. This setup allows us to investigate how these channels behave,i.e. if they become wider, whether or not they enhance the ice flow, and, in combination with an installedphase-sensitive radar, what amount of melting occurs below the channels in contact with the ocean.The GPS data are transmitted on a daily basis. Ice-shelf velocity is derived from the raw hourly locationfollowing the methods described in den Ouden et al. (2010), Dunse et al. (2012), and Ahlstrøm et al. (2013).However, a reference station has not been used for the correction. Basic processing involves outliers removal,smoothing, time-series analysis and comparison with tidal models.The project comes alongside an outreach event: on a weekly basis, the ice shelf ‘tweets’ its position, motionand relays ... |
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