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Basal melting along the floating part of Byrd Glacier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2004

JAMES P. KENNEALLY  and
TERENCE J. HUGHES
JAMES P. KENNEALLY
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, USA
TERENCE J. HUGHES
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, USA
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Abstract

A mass balance calculation was made for the floating part of Byrd Glacier, using 1978–79 ice elevation and velocity data, over the 45 km of Byrd Glacier from its grounding line to where it leaves its fjord and merges with the Ross Ice Shelf. Smoothed basal melting rates were relatively uniform over this distance and averaged 12 ± 2 m yr−1.

Keywords

Antarctic Ice Sheetgrounding linemass balanceRoss Ice Shelf
Type
Research Article
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 2004 , pp. 355 - 358
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 2004

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