Fiscal Year	2008
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Oceanography
Investigator(s)	Stanton, Timothy P.
Sponsor	National Science Foundation (NSF)
Summary	We propose integrated oceanographic and glaciological field studies linked with regional and local modeling activities to advance our ability to predict future behavior of ice sheets, particularly that portion of West Antarctica that drains into the Amundsen Sea. The societal and naval importance is the need to predict future sea level that impacts all shore facilities and littoral regions. Without a process-based understanding of the interaction of the ocean on the ice sheet discharge supported by measurements and its incorporation into predictive models sea level predictions will be subject to unacceptable errors.
Keywords	Turbulent Boundary Layers Model Parameterizations Arctic Ice Changes
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