Simulation-Based Inference of Surface Accumulation and Basal Melt Rates of an Antarctic Ice Shelf from Isochronal Layers

2 code implementations • 3 Dec 2023 • Guy Moss, Vjeran Višnjević, Olaf Eisen, Falk M. Oraschewski, Cornelius Schröder, Jakob H. Macke, Reinhard Drews

The geometry of ice shelves, and hence their buttressing strength, is determined by ice flow as well as by the local surface accumulation and basal melt rates, governed by atmospheric and oceanic conditions.

Bayesian Inference