Information - CR10 Control of basal processes on motion and mass balance
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Subglacial environments are characterized by complex interactions between hydrological, mechanical, and thermodynamic processes. Coupling of these processes determines the magnitude of basal resistance to ice motion, thereby influencing the velocity and mass balance of an ice mass. Quantifying the contribution of each of these processes to the character of the subglacial environment, however, remains an outstanding glaciological problem. It is particularly challenging to integrate existing observations and theory describing basal processes on relatively short spatial scales into quantitative models of ice flow that are concerned with much longer spatial scales. We solicit scientific contributions that relate to this complex relationship between basal processes and ice motion/mass balance. Suitable areas of research include but are not limited to: (1) field-based observations of basal processes in different glaciodynamic environments, (2) work on parameterization of basal processes in numerical ice-flow models, and (3) laboratory simulations of basal processes. We also welcome papers on supra/en/subglacial hydrology that consider links to ice dynamics.
Preliminary List of Solicited Speakers
Robert Bindschadler (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center): "Self Help: Tributary Water Storage encourages Ice Stream Initiation"
Gwenn E. Flowers (Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University): "Basal hydrology and the dynamic climate sensitivity of Vatnajokull ice cap, Iceland"
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