Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2000/00988
Autosub investigation of ice sheet boundary conditions beneath Pine Island Glacier.
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:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Land - Ocean Interactions
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- While there is considerable discussion of possible instability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its global impacts, observations indicate substantial change is already occurring in one area - Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers and their basins. We propose to employ Autosub to investigate the conditions in the cavity beneath the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, to address questions that currently inhibit understanding of the causes and mechanisms of the change, and which prevent formulation of meaningful models of ice sheet evolution. Autosub's unique capabilities will allow us to make the first direct measurements of, the newly exposed bed of a retreating ice-stream, the water flushed from beneath the grounded ice sheet, and the underside of an ice shelf near the grounding line.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2000/00988
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Autosub under Ice
This grant award has a total value of £117,638
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £4,075 | £77,034 | £132 | £963 | £35,436 |
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