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Late breaking news from field studies of the Ross Ice Shelf

Late breaking news from field studies of the Ross Ice Shelf. Douglas R. MacAyeal , Olga Sergienko, Kelly Brunt , Marianne Okal, Jonathan Tom, Ronald Ross,. Objective of study. Iceberg calving Rift propagation Unplanned opportunities: GPS 12 months of Garmin 3 days of Geodetic.

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Late breaking news from field studies of the Ross Ice Shelf

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  1. Late breaking news from field studies of the Ross Ice Shelf Douglas R. MacAyeal , Olga Sergienko, Kelly Brunt , Marianne Okal, Jonathan Tom, Ronald Ross,

  2. Objective of study • Iceberg calving • Rift propagation Unplanned opportunities: GPS 12 months of Garmin 3 days of Geodetic

  3. Background • Rift propagation (Joughin and MacAyeal, 2005) • Tidal motion of WAIS Ice Streams (Bindschadler et al, 2003)

  4. Estimated velocity for C19 Joughin and MacAyeal (2005)

  5. Ice flow speed Joughin and MacAyeal (2005)

  6. Tidal motion of Whillians Ice Stream Bindschadler et al (2003)

  7. Tidal movement of Brunt Ice Shelf Doake et al (2002)

  8. Results from Nascent

  9. Nascent location

  10. Tidal motion, horizontal displacement Geodetic GPS

  11. Tidal motion, vertical displacement Geodetic GPS

  12. Ice flow speed Geodetic GPS

  13. 12 hour filtered lat-lon position, Garmin GPS

  14. Ross Ice Shelf velocity Nascent V ~ 1095 m/yr 10% higher? Thomas and MacAyeal (1982)

  15. Questions: • Tidal influence on ice shelf velocity • Origin for ice stream stick/slip behavior? • Speed up relative to 30 years ago (by 10%)? • Due to Joughin effect? • Due to acceleration of Ice Shelf? • Driver of rift propagation • If not background stress, then tide?

  16. Rift does not open 90m/yr as required by Joughin effect

  17. Tidal rift opening?

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