Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/G/S/2002/00003
Correction, Verification and Context, of Satellite-Derived Elevation Changes on the Antarctic Peninsula. CVaCS-DECAP.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor DG Vaughan, NERC British Antarctic Survey, NERC BAS - Cambridge
- Grant held at:
- NERC British Antarctic Survey, NERC BAS - Cambridge
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Regional & Extreme Weather
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- High snowfall, rapid ice flow and recent climate change mean that the Antarctic Peninsula may make a disproportionate contribution to sea level change. Interpretation of changes in ice-sheet surface elevation observed by forthcoming satellite missions may be ambiguous due to several causes. We will make independent in-situ measurements using a suite of instruments to give a complete and independent description of the ice- surface elevation changes, snow accumulation and densification, and formulate a new densification model for firn that may in due course be used to correct the satellite measurements. We will also determine if the current mass flux through the ice-sheet surface is balanced by the long-term (approximately 100 year) accumulation rate - a direct measurement of the state-of-balance of the ice sheet.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/G/S/2002/00003
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- AFI Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- AFI
This grant award has a total value of £152,418
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £74,059 | £1,712 | £5,264 | £37,315 | £34,067 |
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