Please consider submitting an abstract to the following symposium at IUGG — an interdisciplinary review of one of the most active areas of ice sheet change.
The deadline for abstract submission is 18 February, which can be submitted using this link: <http://iugg2019montreal.com/abstract-submission.html>. Further details on the conference are available here: <http://iugg2019montreal.com/>.
JC06 – IS THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET COLLAPSING? - ATMOSPHERE, ICE, AND OCEAN INTERACTIONS LEADING TO ACCELERATED ICE LOSS (IACS, IAMAS)
Convener: Ted Scambos (USA, IACS), Christina Hulbe (New Zealand, IACS)
Co-Conveners: Jan Lenearts (USA, IAMAS)
Description
The sea level rise potential of West Antarctica is more than 3m, and under some scenarios a rapid increase in ice loss could start before the end of this century. Interactions between atmosphere, ocean, and the ice front have initiated early and dramatic changes to several glacier and ice shelf areas, notably Thwaites Glacier, Pine Island Glacier, and the Getz Ice Shelf. We welcome topics discussing all aspects of this issue, including —
• Ice flow and surface accumulation changes in the past few decades;
• Studies of atmospheric circulation trends, ocean circulation, and relationship to ice loss;
• Analyses of the geophysical setting of the ice: its bed, its margins, or the state of the ice itself;
• Studies of key processes driving ice mass changes, ice front stability, or the ice-ocean interface;
• Records of the decadal, century, and millennial-scale history of the ice sheet and ocean;
• Models of the system that explain past changes or forecast future mass balance of the WAIS.
Ted Scambos
Senior Research Scientist, ESOC
Senior Research Scientist, ESOC
CIRES, University of Colorado
Campus Box 216 UCB
Campus Box 216 UCB
