Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA SYSTEM

Amount

$474,340.00

Award Date

8/24/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This research wil make a direct test of the hypothesis that surface melt water penetrates to the bed of the ice sheet where it directly influences ice sliding rates. Further, this work will test the notion that observations and descriptions of processes