Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

Fretwell, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1988-5844; Pritchard, H.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2936-1734; Vaughan, D.G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9065-0570; Bamber, J.L.; Barrand, N.E.; Bell, R.; Bianchi, C.; Bingham, R. G.; Blankenship, D.D.; Casassa, G.; Catania, G.; Callens, D.; Conway, H.; Cook, A.J.; Corr, H.F.J.; Damaske, D.; Damm, V.; Ferraccioli, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9347-4736; Forsberg, R.; Fujita, S.; Gim, Y.; Gogineni, P.; Griggs, J.A.; Hindmarsh, R.C.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1633-2416; Holmlund, P.; Holt, J.W.; Jacobel, R.W.; Jenkins, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9117-0616; Jokat, W.; Jordan, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2780-1986; King, E.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3793-3915; Kohler, J.; Krabill, W.; Riger-Kusk, M.; Langley, K.A.; Leitchenkov, G.; Leuschen, C.; Luyendyk, B.P.; Matsuoka, K.; Mouginot, J.; Nitsche, F.O.; Nogi, Y.; Nost, O.A.; Popov, S.V.; Rignot, E.; Rippin, D.M.; Rivera, A.; Roberts, J.; Ross, N.; Siegert, M.J.; Smith, A.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8577-482X; Steinhage, D.; Studinger, M.; Sun, B.; Tinto, B.K.; Welch, B.C.; Wilson, D.; Young, D.A.; Xiangbin, C.; Zirizzotti, A.. 2013 Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 7 (1). 375-393. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-375-2013

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Abstract/Summary

We present Bedmap2, a new suite of gridded products describing surface elevation, ice-thickness and the seafloor and subglacial bed elevation of the Antarctic south of 60° S. We derived these products using data from a variety of sources, including many substantial surveys completed since the original Bedmap compilation (Bedmap1) in 2001. In particular, the Bedmap2 ice thickness grid is made from 25 million measurements, over two orders of magnitude more than were used in Bedmap1. In most parts of Antarctica the subglacial landscape is visible in much greater detail than was previously available and the improved data-coverage has in many areas revealed the full scale of mountain ranges, valleys, basins and troughs, only fragments of which were previously indicated in local surveys. The derived statistics for Bedmap2 show that the volume of ice contained in the Antarctic ice sheet (27 million km3) and its potential contribution to sea-level rise (58 m) are similar to those of Bedmap1, but the mean thickness of the ice sheet is 4.6% greater, the mean depth of the bed beneath the grounded ice sheet is 72 m lower and the area of ice sheet grounded on bed below sea level is increased by 10%. The Bedmap2 compilation highlights several areas beneath the ice sheet where the bed elevation is substantially lower than the deepest bed indicated by Bedmap1. These products, along with grids of data coverage and uncertainty, provide new opportunities for detailed modelling of the past and future evolution of the Antarctic ice sheets.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-375-2013
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Environmental Change and Evolution BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Ice Sheets BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Polar Oceans
ISSN:	1994-0424
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Date made live:	02 Apr 2013 10:47 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500800

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