Cloud Radiative Impact on Antarctic Ice Shelves

An accurate prediction of global sea-level rise requires that the cause of recent and intensifying glacier acceleration along the Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) coastal margins is understood. Ice shelf thinning and abrupt ice shelf collapse have been linked to surface melt that is prevalent across coastal Antarctica. Primarily, surface melt is...

Analysing the development of meltwater networks on Antarctica: A casestudy on the Nivlisen ice shelf

Meltwater features play an important role in the stability of the Antarctic ice shelves. They can destabilize ice shelves by exerting additional loading forces due to the weight of the water concentrated on one location. However, it is possible that developed meltwater networks transport water from an ice shelf into the ocean. In this way, they...