FRISP and WAIS Workshop 2008

22nd International FRISP Workshop and WAIS Workshop
in Derbyshire, UK, 18-20 September 2008


The 22nd International Workshop of the Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes and The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Workshop was held on 18-20 September 2008 at Losehill Hall in Derbyshire, UK.


Participants at workshop

Sridhar Anandakrishnan Geosciences, Penn State University
Robert Arthern Physical Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Jonathan Bamber School of Geography, University of Bristol
John Behrendt INSTAAR, University of Colorado
Charles Bentley Ice Coring and Drilling Services, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Robert Bindschadler NASA
Rob Bingham British Antarctic Survey
Richard Coleman Centre for Marine Science, University of Tasmania
Hugh Corr Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Mike Dinniman CCPO, Old Dominion University
Danny Feltham CPOM, UCL and BAS
Ben Galton-Fenzi Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania, CSIRO
Rupert Gladstone Geographical Sciences, Bristol University
Alistair Graham Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Hartmut Hellmer Climate Science, Alfred Wegener Institute
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Richard Hindmarsh Physical Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
David Holland Mathematics, New York University
Paul Holland Physical Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Stan Jacobs Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont Earth Observatory
Adrian Jenkins Physical Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Ala Khazendar Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech
Matt King School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University
Nina Kirchner Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University
Thomas Kleiner Institute for Geophysics, Muenster University
Rob Larter Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Anne Le Brocq Geography Department, Durham University
Victoria Lee School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol Glaciology Centre
Chris Little Geosciences, Princeton University
Adrian Luckman School of the Environment and Society, Swansea University
Keith Makinson Physical Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Keith Nicholls Physical Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Frank Nitsche Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Ole Anders Nøst Polar Environmental Center, Norwegian Polar Institute
Dirk Olbers Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Martin O'Leary Scott Polar Research Institute
Svein Østerhus Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Tamay Ozgokmen MPO/RSMAS, University of Miami
Laurie Padman Earth & Space Research
Stephen Price Fluid Dynamics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michael Schodlok Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Lars H. Smedsrud Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Andy Smith Physical Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
James Smith Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Malte Thoma Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
David Vaughan Physical Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey
Andreas Vieli Department of Geography, Durham University
Stefan W. Vogel Analytical Center for Climate and Environmental Change - Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University
Ryan Walker Department of Geosciences, Penn State University
Estella Weigelt Geophysic, Alfred Wegener Institute


List of talks

Sridhar Anandakrishnan: Geophysical survey of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

Robert Bingham: In situ Glacial geophysical investigations on Pine Island Glacier, 2006-08

David Holland: Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbrae triggered by warm, subsurface Irminger Waters

Michael Schodlok: The role of Ice Shelf Ocean interaction in the ECCO2 Data Synthesis

Hartmut Hellmer: Antarctic Ice Shelf melting in the 21st Century "A Model Study"

Dirk Olbers: On water mass formation and melting in ice shelf caverns

Ben Galton-Fenzi: Frazil ice beneath ice shelves in a three-dimensional ocean model

Ala Khazendar: How stable is the Brunt-Stancomb-Wills Ice Shelf? The roles of marine ice, rheology and fracture

Thomas Kleiner: Rift treatment in ice-shelf modeling: A comparative modeling study of the Brunt Ice Shelf--Stancomb-Wills Ice Tongue System

Daniela Jansen: Present and Future Stability of the Larsen C Ice Shelf (SOLIS) - Fracture Mechanics

Adrian Luckman: Improved bathymetry form iceberg grounds in the Western Weddell Sea

Stefan Vogel: New instrumentation, scientific and technological challenges for sub ice research - opportunities for international & interdisciplinary collaboration

Andy Smith: Physical conditions in Subglacial Lake Ellsworth

Malte Thoma: Subglacial Lakes: Modelling the interaction between ice- and water flow

Stan Jacobs: Ross Sea Area Freshening, Ice Shelf Melt increasing?

Michael Dinniman: Effect of Circumpolar Deep Water on ice shelf basal melt under Ross and George VI Ice Shelves: A regional model comparison

Paul Holland: A model of ocean processes in the Bellingshausen Sea

Laurie Padman: Seals measure bathymetry and ocean hydrography around Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Adrian Jenkins: Oceanography of the Bellingshausen Sea and implications for Antarctic Peninsula Ice Shelves

John Behrendt: First (1957-1958) Geophysical-Glaciological Investigation of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf System made during the International Geophysical Year (IGY)

Robert Bindschadler: Initial surface observations and new inferences of the Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf

Keith Makinson: Influence of tides on the lateral movement of Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Richard Hindmarsh: Force balance of narrow ice shelves

Robert Larter: Extent and dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on the outer continental shelf off Pine Island Bay during the last Glacial Maximum

Estella Weigelt: Ice-sheet variations as depicted in seismic records of the Amundsen Sea Embayment

Frank Nitsche: Data Integration and Shifting Glacier Flow in the WAIS Amundsen Sea Embayment

Stephen Price: Reasonable grounding line behavior in large-scale ice sheet models: In search of a parameterization

Rupert Gladstone: Use of adaptive mesh refinement in ice sheet models

Ryan Walker: Effects of basal-melting distribution on the retreat of ice-shelf grounding lines

Alastair Graham: Extent and flow dynamics of the Last Glacial Maximum ice sheet offshore of Alexander Island, and features of its last retreat

Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand: A Mid-Pleistocene depositional anomaly in the Antarctic continental margin sediments: Evidence for a collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet?

Robert Arthern: Strategies for identification and prediction of unstable marine ice sheet dynamics

Jonathan Bamber: Regional sea level rise from a collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Keith Nicholls: The role of the shore lead at the Filchner-Ronne ice front

Lars H. Smedsrud: Structure and variability of the Filchner Overflow Plume

Tamay Ozgokmen: Large Eddy simulation of gravity currents



List of posters