| Dynamics of the Antarctic ice cap and climatic changes |
Funder identifier: A3/03/002 (Other contract id)
Period: September 1992 till September 1996
Status: Completed
Thesaurus terms Climate; Geomorphology; Glaciers; Ice caps; Modelling
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| Institutes (2) |
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Centrum voor Cartografie en GIS (CCG), more
- Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO), more, sponsor
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| Abstract |
A] Study on the behaviour of the Antarctic ice cap (specific drainage basins, ice divides) in terms of climatic changes, with the help of a refined local 3D model and a flow-line model.
B] Field observations of the dynamics of glaciers (ice thickness and flow velocities), for the calibration and validation of modelling experiments.
OBJECTIVES
- To determine the implication of the regional behaviour of the Antarctic ice cap in relation to:
a) the general climatic history during the Cenozoic and the atmosphere-cryosphere-sea level relationship;
b) the role of the local geomorphology (subglacial relief, gradient) in the reaction of the ice cap to climatic forcing;
c) the stability of the Antarctic ice cap and its future behaviour.
- To simulate the local behaviour of glaciers in relation to glaciation and deglaciation during a glacial cycle. |
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