Modelling Subglacial Hydrology under Future Climate Scenarios in Wilkes Subglacial Basin, Antarctica

• Main Author: Siu, Kevin
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2022
• Subjects: glaciology; Antarctica; climate change; subglacial hydrology modelling; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; East Antarctica; moulin prediction; climate model predictions; Antarctic; Greenland; Antarc*; glacier; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/18894

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have differing climates, which makes surface melt a significant hydrological source in Greenland but not currently in Antarctica. Due to a changing climate and warming air temperatures, Antarctica is predicted to experience more surface meltwater in the future....