Surface melt on the Shackleton Ice Shelf, East Antarctica (2003–2021)

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Saunderson, Dominic, Mackintosh, Andrew, Mccormack, Felicity, Jones, Richard Selwyn, Picard, Ghislain
• Other Authors: University of Kent Canterbury, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), University of Sheffield Sheffield, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Shackleton; Shackleton Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04389362; https://hal.science/hal-04389362/document; https://hal.science/hal-04389362/file/saunderson_melt_tc_2022.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4553-2022

International audience Abstract. Melt on the surface of Antarctic ice shelves can potentially lead to their disintegration, accelerating the flow of grounded ice to the ocean and raising global sea levels. However, the current understanding of the processes driving surface melt is incomplete, increa...