Dynamics and Mass Balance of Penny Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Nunavut, In a Changing Climate

This thesis presents a detailed study of recent changes in the mass balance and dynamics of Penny Ice Cap (PIC), and projects its evolution under a warming climate. Mass losses from 2005-2014 were quantified from airborne altimetry elevation change measurements, and adjusted for vertical ice motion...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schaffer, Nicole
Other Authors: Copland, Luke
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2017
Subjects:
Ice Cap
Arctic
Mass Balance
Velocity
Baffin Island
Highway Glacier
Nunavut
Penny Ice Cap
Baffin
Ice cap
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36179
https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-20459

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