THE PROPOSED RESEARCH CONTINUES THE APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING DATA TO TRACK CHANGES IN ANTARCTICA A KEY REGION OF THE CRYOSPHERE WHERE LARGE CHANGES ARE OCCURRING IN SOME REGIONS THE GEOLOGIC RECORD SUGGESTS HAVE BEEN STABLE FOR MILLENNIA. I DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE NASA EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION'S SCIENCE GOAL TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO PREDICT CLIMATE CHANGES BY BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE ROLES AND INTERACTIONS OF THE OCEAN ATMOSPHERE LAND AND ICE IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NOVEL TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT STATE OF ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES AND IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ICE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS THAT CAUSE BASAL MELTING. THE DERIVED TIME-VARYING HEIGHTS HEIGHT CHANGES BASAL MELT RATES AND FRESHWATER FLUXES PRODUCED BY THIS WORK CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO COUPLED ICE SHELF-ICE SHEET MODELS AND COUPLED ICE-OCEAN MODELS PROVIDING MORE CONSISTENT AND ACCURATE FORCINGS THAN THOSE AVAILABLE NOW.