Within this polar project of our team, spanning the period 1999-2001, we developed the three-dimensional and time-dependent version of our model of glacier dynamics. Its main applications focused on Johnsons glacier, Livingston Island, Antarctica. We improved VIRL2 ground-penetrating radar, renamed to VIRL2a, which was used for radio echo-sounding of the main ice divides of Livingston Island (December 2000) and its glaciers Johnsons and Hurd (December 2000 and December 2001). In December 2000 we accurately determined the surface topography of Hurd glacier using differential GPS. In February 2001 we extended the net of velocity and mass balance poles on Johnsons glacier and deployed a new one on Hurd glacier.
Numerical modelling of the dynamics and thermal regime of glaciers. Application to the glacier system of Livingston Is. (2000-2002)
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