Detecting high spatial variability of ice shelf basal mass balance, Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Berger, Sophie, Drews, Reinhard, Helm, Veit, Sun, Sainan, Pattyn, Frank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Coperincus 2017
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; F900 Others in Physical Sciences; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Roi Baudouin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47301/; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2675-2017; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47301/1/tc-11-2675-2017.pdf

Ice shelves control the dynamic mass loss of ice sheets through buttressing and their integrity depends on the spatial variability of their basal mass balance (BMB), i.e. the difference between refreezing and melting. Here, we present an improved technique – based on satellite observations – to capt...