Unravelling the snowmelt-albedo feedback in Antarctica

• Main Author: Jakobs, Constantijn Lambertus
• Other Authors: Broeke, M.R. van den, Tijm - Reijmer, C.H.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Utrecht University 2021
• Subjects: Antarctica; albedo; smelt; ijsplaten; klimaatmodel; klimaat; energiebalans; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Buttress; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/401780

Along three-quarters of its edge, the Antarctic ice sheet is fringed by ice shelves. These floating extensions of the ice sheet buttress the grounded ice sheet, slowing down the rate at which it is flowing into the ocean. In the recent past, ice shelves have been subject to significant change: in 19...