PostDoctoral Research Fellowship

该奖项是授予博士后奖学金的。调查人员将研究南极冰下水力学和冰-基岩界面的热传递，作为决定西南极冰盖(WAIS)稳定性的重要因素。将建造一个能够尽可能模拟WAIS条件的试验性水槽。它将被用来描述冰川下潜热通量的特征，结果将被整合到水流动和热力学的数值模型中，该模型是申请人作为博士论文的一部分开发的。模式结果有望有助于解释冰盖底部的大尺度水平衡和可能的热力学反馈。

This award is for a postdoctoral fellowship. The investigator will study antarctic subglacial hydraulics and heat transfer at the ice-bedrock interface as an important factor determining the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). An experimental flume will be constructed with the capability of emulating WAIS conditions as much as possible. It will be used to characterize the subglacial latent heat flux, and the results will be integrated into a numerical model of water flow and thermodynamics that the applicant developed as part of the his doctoral dissertation. The model results are expected to help in interpreting the large-scale water balance and possible thermodynamic feedbacks at the base of the ice sheet.