West Antarctic Glaciology - III

该奖项是为了支持研究部分 南极洲西部冰盖的一部分 冰架 卫星图像分析，地面测量， 机载和地基雷达探测系统 包括这项研究的必要元素。 这些 活动是Siple Coast项目的重要组成部分 以及新的SeaRISE倡议，其目标是：1） 确定的配置和质量平衡的 西南极冰盖的西海岸地区，2） 确定冰流的物理控制， 3）预测未来的行为， 区域使用数值模型。 这些模型将在 加强：1）完成流域调查 所有冰流的面积，2）确定表面 冰流D和E中的速度，3） 冰流D和E的排放通量，4）冰的检查 水流在地表起伏区域的流动， 卫星图像，5）量化之间的相对运动 在接地区的表面和床的上游， 接地线。

This award is for support of research to study the portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet which feeds in to the Ross Ice Shelf. Satellite image analysis, ground surveying, and radar soundings by both airborne and ground-based systems comprise the necessary elements of this research. These activities are an essential part of the Siple Coast Project and the new SeaRISE initiative which have as goals: 1) Determination of the configuration and mass balance of the Siple Coast region of the West Antarctic ice sheet, 2) Determination of the physical controls of ice flow in this region, and 3) Prediction of the future behavior of this region using numerical models. These models will be enhanced by: 1) Completion of the surveys in the catchment areas of all the ice streams, 2) Determination of surface velocities in ice streams D and E, 3) Measurements of the discharge flux of ice streams D and E, 4) Examination of ice stream flow in the area of a surface undulation using satellite imagery, 5) Quantify the relative motion between the surface and bed in the grounded region just upstream of the grounding line.