ASUMA (2014-2018), en quelques mots
Antarctica is the largest ice reservoir on Earth. In the context of climate change, the surface mass balance (SMB) of Antarctica will play a major role in the evolution of sea level. Knowledge of the current variations of Antarctic SMB is thus a major challenge. However, for Antarctica the spatially averaged SMB is still poorly constrained because field data are sparse. The IPCC fifth assessment report (AR5) has highlighted this uncertainty as one of the main scientific challenges in climate science.
How the surface mass balance of Antarctica will change in the future ?