SO-ICE

Start date: 1 September 2021
End date: 31 August 2023
Funder: European Space Agency
Value: £300,000
Partners and collaborators: British Antarctic Survey, University of Edinburgh, EarthWave, Norwegian Research Centre, Sorbonne Université
Primary investigator: Professor Anna E. Hogg
Co-investigators: Dr Benjamin J. Davison
External co-investigators: Michael Meredith (BAS), Noel Gourmelen (University of Edinburgh), Jean-Baptiste Sallee (Sorbonne Université), Andrew Meijers (BAS), Shenjie Zhou (BAS), Svein Østerhus (NORCE), Livia Jacob (EarthWave), Dan Jones (BAS), Povl Abrahamsen (BAS), Casimir de Lavergne (Sorbonne Université), Dan Goldberg (University of Edinburgh)

A photograph of arctic ice.

This ESA SO-ICE project is a collaborative research action bringing together the ESA Polar+ Ice Shelves and 4D Antarctica projects, and the European Commission (EC) Southern Ocean Carbon and Heat Impact on Climate (SO-CHIC) project, in order to improve understanding of the processes controlling ice-ocean interactions in the Antarctic region.

This will deliver a step-change in the understanding of how ice-ocean interaction is driving observed ice dynamic changes, and will ultimately improve the accuracy with which we can predict the future evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Impact

Improved understanding of how ice-ocean interaction is driving observed ice dynamic changes in the Weddell Sea region.

Project website

https://so-ice.org/

Grant

4000135062/21/I-NB