Modelling Antarctic lake ice responses to meteorological variables

• Main Author: Reid, Timothy Drummond
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Antarctica; lake ice; climate change; modelling; model selection; remote sensing; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10154/; https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10154/1/TimReidThesis.pdf

Inland Antarctic lakes are among the harshest environments in the world for life to inhabit. Ice cover causes low levels of light and temperature, and prevents mixing by wind, resulting in low nutrient levels and truncated food chains. Such ecosystems are widely regarded as sensitive indicators of c...