A global, high-resolution data set of ice sheet topography, cavity geometry, and ocean bathymetry

• Published in: Earth system science data Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 543 - 557
• Main Authors: Schaffer, Janin, Timmermann, Ralph, Arndt, Jan Erik, Kristensen, Steen Savstrup, Mayer, Christoph, Morlighem, Mathieu, Steinhage, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 26.10.2016; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Analysis; Antarctic ice sheet; Bathymeters; Bathymetric charts; Bathymetry; Cavities; Continental shelves; Corrections; Cryosphere; Data; Data centers; Datasets; Educational institutions; Fjords; Floating ice; Flow pattern; General circulation models; Glaciation; Glacier tongues; Glaciers; Greenland ice sheet; High resolution; Holes; Ice; Ice sheets; Ice shelves; Information centres; Land ice; Last Glacial Maximum; Mass balance; Mass balance of ice sheets; Ocean models; Oceans; Pangea; Radar; Radar data; Representations; Resolution; Sea level; Sea surface; Set theory; Shelf dynamics; Surveying; Topography; Topography (geology); Warm water; Water temperature; Greenland; Antarctica; Southern Ocean

The ocean plays an important role in modulating the mass balance of the polar ice sheets by interacting with the ice shelves in Antarctica and with the marine-terminating outlet glaciers in Greenland. Given that the flux of warm water onto the continental shelf and into the sub-ice cavities is steer...