Investigating the controls on the extent of tidewater glaciers

该项目旨在提高我们模拟潮水冰川的能力。该项目将对阿拉斯加的两个标志性冰川系统进行研究：冰川湾和哥伦比亚冰川。这些冰川最近经历了快速退缩，并导致海平面上升。特别值得一提的是，大太平洋冰川沿着冰川湾向上撤退了100公里，这是过去200年来有记录以来最大的冰川撤退。该项目将使用地貌测绘、年代测定和气候重新分析，以更好地了解这些冰川的长期行为和最近消退的驱动因素。该项目的预期成果是更好地了解潮水冰川的长期行为，并提高我们预测海平面上升的能力。

This project aims to improve our ability to model tidewater glaciers. The project will conduct studies of two iconic glacial systems in Alaska: Glacier Bay and Columbia Glacier. These glaciers have recently experienced rapid retreat and contributed to sea level rise. In particular, the Grand Pacific Glacier has retreated 100 kilometres up Glacier Bay, the greatest recorded glacier retreat in the last 200 years. The project will use geomorphic mapping, dating and climate reanalysis to better understand the long term behaviour of these glaciers and the drivers of recent retreat. An expected outcome from the project is a better understanding of the long term behaviour of tidewater glaciers and an improvement in our ability to predict sea level rise from them.