West Antarctic Glaciology - IV

这份合同是为了支持一个为期三年的项目，该项目使用卫星图像来监测在Crary冰升附近发生的快速变化，该地区是罗斯冰架的一个区域，冰流b的下游，侦察研究将涉及绘制Pine岛和Thwaites冰川的当前表面动态，也将使用卫星图像进行。确定冰流D开始区域从慢冰流到快冰流转变的位置和特征的实地研究将在该计划的第二年和第三年完成。这项工作有助于实现南极西部冰盖（WAIS）计划的目标。＊＊＊

9317627 Bindschadler This award is for support for a three year program to use satellite imagery to monitor the rapid changes that are known to be taking place in the vicinity of Crary Ice Rise, a region of the Ross Ice Shelf, downstream of ice stream B. Reconnaissance studies which will involve mapping the current surface dynamics of Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers will also be undertaken using satellite imagery. Field studies to determine the location and character of the transition from slow to fast ice flow in the onset region of ice stream D will be accomplished in the second and third years of the program. This work contributes to the goals of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) program. ***