Ice dynamics and mass balance in the northern part of subglacial Lake Vostok/Antarctica

• Antragsteller: Professor Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Dietrich
• Fachliche Zuordnung: Physik, Chemie und Biologie des Meeres
• Förderung: Förderung von 2007 bis 2010
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 45625924

There exist no in-situ observations on ice surface motion in the northern part of the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica. Observed velocities, however, are important quantities to understand ice dynamics and ice/water interactions of the complex system "Lake Vostok". Within the project this data gap will be closed in close cooperation with Russian partners. Furthermore, colocated surface height and ice thickness observations and the velocities will be used for mass balance computations and bottom melting/refreezing calculations at the ice/water boundary to better understand and model the system "Lake Vostok".

• DFG-Verfahren: Infrastruktur-Schwerpunktprogramme
• Teilprojekt zu: SPP 1158: Bereich Infrastruktur - Antarktisforschung mit vergleichenden Untersuchungen in arktischen Eisgebieten