BLOG: The TIDEx Campaign on Darwin Glacier

The cryosphere is an important part of “System Earth”. An understanding of ice and snow is of paramount interest in a period when global climate change has become a hot topic. Today, space-borne sensors deliver global views of the polar regions. When combined with measurements from field campaigns, they provide us with an in-depth knowledge of the cryosphere in a changing environment. Together with partners from New Zealand, our colleague Dana Floricioiu stays at the Darwin glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains. In a field campaign, lasting for six weeks, measurements will reveal relevant parameters of this glacier. The results achieved permit to understand how such outlet glaciers behave in detail and help to interpret space-borne data acquired over that region.