Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | The Cryosphere Discuss., 4, 2079–2101, 2010 The Cryosphere www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/4/2079/2010/ Discussions TCD doi:10.5194/tcd-4-2079-2010 4, 2079–2101, 2010 © Author(s) 2010. CC Attribution 3.0 License. An improved This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal The Cryosphere (TC). bathymetry Please refer to the corresponding final paper in TC if available. compilation for the Bellingshausen Sea An improved bathymetry compilation for A. G. C. Graham et al. the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica, to Title Page inform ice-sheet and ocean models Abstract Introduction Conclusions References A. G. C. Graham1, F. O. Nitsche2, and R. D. Larter1 Tables Figures 1Ice Sheets programme, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK 2Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, J I New York, 10964, USA J I Received: 30 September 2010 – Accepted: 11 October 2010 – Published: 15 October 2010 Back Close Correspondence to: A. G. C. Graham (
[email protected]) Full Screen / Esc Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. Printer-friendly Version Interactive Discussion 2079 Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Abstract TCD The southern Bellingshausen Sea (SBS) is a rapidly-changing part of West Antarctica, where oceanic and atmospheric warming has led to the recent basal melting and break- 4, 2079–2101, 2010 up of the Wilkins ice shelf, the dynamic thinning of fringing glaciers, and sea-ice reduc- 5 tion. Accurate sea-floor morphology is vital for understanding the continued effects of An improved each process upon changes within Antarctica’s ice sheets.