Project: moat antarctica
MOAT in the Media
The departure of the MOAT team for the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf has been covered by Belgian media, including DH, Bruxelles Today, BX1 and BRF.
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Updates from the field and the lab
Project: moat antarctica
MOAT Heads South: Fieldwork on the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf
We leave for Antarctica on 19 November: instrument tests at the Princess Elisabeth station, a month of snow, basal melt and ice fabric measurements on the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, and work around the station before returning in January.
Read more →Two New Papers: Antarctic SMB Projections and the IMBIE Mass Balance Record
Heurgue et al. show how diverging runoff drives uncertainty in Antarctic SMB projections, and the IMBIE community delivers a 1970s–2023 record of ice sheet mass balance.
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Project: moat antarctica
MOAT Project Officially Launched!
The MOAT consortium, funded by BELSPO, is officially kicking off. Our team at VUB is currently preparing the first instrumentation phase.
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