Reducing the uncertainty in projections of future ice shelf basal melting

• Main Authors: Timmermann, Ralph, Kauker, Frank, Hellmer, Hartmut, van de Berg, W. J.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Ronne Ice Shelf; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35875/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35875/1/T_et_al_FRSIP14.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43788; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43788.d001

Simulations of ice-shelf basal melting in future climate scenarios from the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) have revealed a large uncertainty and the potential of a rapidly increasing basal mass loss particularly for the large cold-water ice shelves in the Ross and Weddell Seas. The large spre...