supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No. 2016YFA0600103);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.41406211,41476161,41676182 & 41676176);the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2012CB957704);the KeyLaboratory Research Fund of the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China(Grant No.201416);the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(Grant No.20120003110030);the Project of International Cooperation and Exchanges CHINARE(Grant No.201611)
Antarctic tabular icebergs are important active components in the ice sheet-ice shelf-ocean system.Seafloor topography is the key factor that affects the drifting and grounding of icebergs,but it has not been fully in...
funded by the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB957704);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41176163);the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(201200031 10030);the Strategic Research Fund Program of Polar Science(20140301);the Project of International Cooperation and Exchanges CHINARE(IC201203)
Owing to global warming,frequent ice shelf disintegration and rapid acceleration of inland ice flow have occurred in recent decades,which impacts the Antarctic mass balance and the global sea level[1].These events are...
supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant no.20120003110030);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant no.201104063);the Open Fund of the SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science (Grant no.KP201101);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant no.105560GR)
The Amery Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf in East Antarctica. It drains continental ice from an area of more than one million square kilometres through a section of coastline that represents approximately 2% of the...