How Dynamic Are Ice-stream Beds?

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Davies, Damon, Bingham, Robert G., King, Edward C., Smith, Andrew M., Brisbourne, Alex M., Spagnolo, Matteo, Graham, Alastair G. C., Hogg, Anna E., Vaughan, David G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2018
• Subjects: Life Sciences; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1570; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1615-2018; https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/context/msc_facpub/article/2537/viewcontent/tc_12_1615_2018.pdf

Projections of sea-level rise contributions from West Antarctica's dynamically thinning ice streams contain high uncertainty because some of the key processes involved are extremely challenging to observe. An especially poorly observed parameter is sub-decadal stability of ice-stream beds, whic...