Collaborative Research: Towards a physics-based firn model: understanding the relationship — NSF Award to Dartmouth College (NH, $
Polar firn is multi-year snow that has survived more than one season and is a transition phase in the formation of glacial ice. A comprehensive understanding of how firn densifies into solid ice is important for several reasons: (1) to interpret ice sheet mass balance changes from remote-sensing observations; (2) to de
| Award title | Collaborative Research: Towards a physics-based firn model: understanding the relationship |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2333109 |
| Awardee | Dartmouth College |
| City | HANOVER |
| State | NH |
| Amount obligated | $528,369 |
| Principal investigator | Ian Baker |
| Program | ANT Glaciology |
| Start date | 07/01/2025 |
| Abstract | Polar firn is multi-year snow that has survived more than one season and is a transition phase in the formation of glacial ice. A comprehensive understanding of how firn densifies into solid ice is important for several reasons: (1) to interpret ice sheet mass balance changes from remote-sensing observations; (2) to determine how the microstructural evolution of firn contributes to the resulting ice sheet microstructure and its ice flow rates; and (3) most importantly for better interpretation o |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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