Surface melt on the Shackleton Ice Shelf, East Antarctica (2003-2021)

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Saunderson, Dominic, Mackintosh, Andrew, Mccormack, Felicity, Selwyn Jones, Richard, Picard, Ghislain
• Other Authors: Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Shackleton; Shackleton Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03859252; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03859252/document; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03859252/file/tc-16-4553-2022.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4553-2022

International audience Melt on the surface of Antarctic ice shelves can potentially lead to their disintegration, accelerating the flow of grounded ice to the ocean and raising global sea levels. However, the current understanding of the processes driving surface melt is incomplete, increasing uncer...