Melt rate predictions for the Totten and Dalton ice shelves from a numerical model

• Main Authors: Gwyther, DE, Galton-Fenzi, B, Hunter, JR, Roberts, Jason
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2013
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Totten Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Totten Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://ecite.utas.edu.au/87999

The Totten Glacier drains a large proportion of the East Antarctic ice sheet, much of it marine based (grounded below sea level) and rapidly losing mass. It has been suggested that mass loss is driven by changes in oceanic forcing; however, the details of the ice-ocean interaction are unknown. Here...