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 空中和空中的雷达探测 地基系统包括了实现这一目标的必要要素 research. 这些活动是《公约》的重要组成部分， 简单海岸项目和新的WAIS倡议， 作为目标：1）确定配置和质量 西南极洲西普尔海岸地区冰的平衡 表，2）确定冰流的物理控制 3）预测未来的行为， 这个地区使用数值模型。 这些模型将在 通过理解它们之间的相对运动， 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. 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 WAIS 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 an understanding of the relative motion between the surface and bed in the grounded region just upstream of the grounding line.