BAS Ice Sheets
Lead Research Organisation:
British Antarctic Survey
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| David Vaughan (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Anderson R
(2014)
Halley Research Station, Antarctica: calving risks and monitoring strategies
in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Arthern R
(2010)
In situ measurements of Antarctic snow compaction compared with predictions of models
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Arthern R
(2013)
Inversion for the density-depth profile of polar firn using a stepped-frequency radar
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Ashmore D
(2017)
The relationship between sticky spots and radar reflectivity beneath an active West Antarctic ice stream
in Annals of Glaciology
Barbante C
(2010)
Climate of the last million years: new insights from EPICA and other records
in Quaternary Science Reviews
Barker P
(2013)
Heat-flow determinations of basement age in small oceanic basins of the southern central Scotia Sea
in Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Barrand N
(2013)
Trends in Antarctic Peninsula surface melting conditions from observations and regional climate modeling
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Barrand N
(2017)
Computing the volume response of the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet to warming scenarios to 2200
in Journal of Glaciology
Bentley M
(2011)
Rapid deglaciation of Marguerite Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula in the Early Holocene
in Quaternary Science Reviews
Bentley M
(2014)
A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum
in Quaternary Science Reviews
| Description | Improved understanding of the behaviour of ice sheets and their evolution in a changing climate by the IceSheets Programme of British Antarctic Survey. Since its inception, the IceSheets programme has contributed significant progress in the fundamental understanding of the behaviour and evolution of global ice sheets and led international collaborations to reduce uncertainty in the projection of future sea level rise. |
| Exploitation Route | The research is of significant interest to wide areas of environment science, including: geology, climate studies, solid earth geophysics, polar biology. The work also informs those attempting to make projections of the risks of future sea-level rise, and the impacts on coastal communities and ecosystems. This includes both policy-makers, the government departments that support them, and their advisors in the scientific community (e.g., the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). |
| Sectors | Environment |
| Description | Our research will help ice-sheet modellers to validate and improve their computer models and thus improve predictions of future sea-level rise in response to polar ice-sheet melting. Beneficiaries: Scientists investigating marine-based ice-stream dynamics and ice-sheet modellers will benefit from our research. These academic beneficiaries will be able to provide much more improved forecasts of future sea-level rise in response to climate change that will allow governments and policy makers to take appropriate counter-measures. Therefore, environment, economy and the wider community will benefit as well. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Environment |
| Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment - An Update |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The original Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment (ACCE) report has been downloaded over one million times from the SCAR web site, indicating the wide interest from the scientific, education and policy communities. We anticipate that the new update will also be of great value to those concerned with change in the Antarctic. |
| URL | http://www.scar.org/publications/occasionals/acce |
| Description | Delivery of EU programme ice2sea |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | IceSheet led the Largescale EU Framework-7 progamme, ice2sea. This delivered improved sea-level projections to the IPCC WGI AR5 report, and briefings to EU Parliament and UK policymakers. Over 40 papers written under funding from ice2sea were cited in the IPCC report. IceSheets staff were responsible for scientific leadership and coordination of 24 insititutional partners and a budget of Euros 10M. |
| Description | Delivery of IPCC chapter |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | One of IceSheets staff led the writing team of Chapter 4 in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. In this role he was responsible for the content and delivery of a high profile chapter in the report detailing recent observed changes in the global cryosphere. The complete report was summarised in a Summary for Policymakers which was reviewed by more than 100 governments at a week-long meeting in Stockholm. When it appeared, the report gained widespread press and governmental attention. |
| Description | EU FP7 |
| Amount | € 1,300,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | ice2sea - a collaborative partnership of many insitutions |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 03/2009 |
| End | 11/2013 |
| Description | NERC standard and thematic rounds to support National Capability funding |
| Amount | £1 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Several awards have been made and others are still in the system |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | IODP - drilling |
| Organisation | Integrated Ocean Drilling Program |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Planned participation by team members in future drilling cruises, and access to data generated. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of cruise time and facilities |
| Impact | None |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Manangement of NERC's iSTAR programme |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | An IceSheets programme member has managed the iSTAR programme for NERC and we derived considerable collaborative value from this |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contractual relationship |
| Impact | Reported elsewhere |
| Start Year | 2010 |