Systematic investigation of the role of bed topography in the marine ice-sheet instability

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Anders Levermann
• Subject Area: Geophysics
• Term: from 2015 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 275531626

The marine ice sheet instability is particularly important for the Antarctic contribution to future sea-level rise. Past investigations of this instability have focussed on the buttressing role of the ice shelves downstream of the ice sheet. It is however likely that the bed topography on which the ice sheet rests has a fundamental role for the evolution of the ice sheet. Here we investigate this role systematically with the Parallel Ice Sheet Model.

• DFG Programme: Infrastructure Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1158: Infrastructure area - Antarctic Research with Comparative Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas