Ice Ablation

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Ice Ablation

• Presented to IICWG
• October 2000
• John Falkingham, Canadian Ice Service

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Based on work by

• David G. Barber, John J. Yackel and John M.
  Hanesiak
• Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), The
  University of Manitoba, Canada
• Robert Massom
• Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre, University
  of Tasmania, Australia
• Walter Tucker III
• Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory,
  USA
• In partnership with The Canadian Ice Service

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Thermodynamic Regime
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Microwave Scattering
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Ice Ablation Definitions
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Ice Ablation Definitions (cont)