Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review
The most rapid loss of ice from the Antarctic Ice Sheet is observed where ice streams flow into the ocean and begin to float, forming the great Antarctic ice shelves that surround much of the continent. Because these ice shelves are floating, their thinning does not greatly influence sea level. Howe...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:43479 2024-09-15T17:45:29+00:00 Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review Dinniman, M.S. Asay-Davis, X. Galton-Fenzi, B. Holland, P. Jenkins, A. Timmermann, Ralph 2016 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/43479/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49932 unknown Dinniman, M. , Asay-Davis, X. , Galton-Fenzi, B. , Holland, P. , Jenkins, A. and Timmermann, R. (2016) Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review , Oceanography, 29 (4), pp. 144-153 . doi:10.5670/oceanog.2016.106 <https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.106> , hdl:10013/epic.49932 EPIC3Oceanography, 29(4), pp. 144-153 Article isiRev 2016 ftawi https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.106 2024-06-24T04:16:35Z The most rapid loss of ice from the Antarctic Ice Sheet is observed where ice streams flow into the ocean and begin to float, forming the great Antarctic ice shelves that surround much of the continent. Because these ice shelves are floating, their thinning does not greatly influence sea level. However, they also buttress the ice streams draining the ice sheet, and so ice shelf changes do significantly influence sea level by altering the discharge of grounded ice. Currently, the most significant loss of mass from the ice shelves is from melting at the base (although iceberg calving is a close second). Accessing the ocean beneath ice shelves is extremely difficult, so numerical models are invaluable for understanding the processes governing basal melting. This paper describes the different ways in which ice shelf/ocean interactions are modeled and discusses emerging directions that will enhance understanding of how the ice shelves are melting now and how this might change in the future. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Oceanography 29 4 144 153 |
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The most rapid loss of ice from the Antarctic Ice Sheet is observed where ice streams flow into the ocean and begin to float, forming the great Antarctic ice shelves that surround much of the continent. Because these ice shelves are floating, their thinning does not greatly influence sea level. However, they also buttress the ice streams draining the ice sheet, and so ice shelf changes do significantly influence sea level by altering the discharge of grounded ice. Currently, the most significant loss of mass from the ice shelves is from melting at the base (although iceberg calving is a close second). Accessing the ocean beneath ice shelves is extremely difficult, so numerical models are invaluable for understanding the processes governing basal melting. This paper describes the different ways in which ice shelf/ocean interactions are modeled and discusses emerging directions that will enhance understanding of how the ice shelves are melting now and how this might change in the future. |
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Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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modeling ice shelf/ocean interaction in antarctica: a review |
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Dinniman, M. , Asay-Davis, X. , Galton-Fenzi, B. , Holland, P. , Jenkins, A. and Timmermann, R. (2016) Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review , Oceanography, 29 (4), pp. 144-153 . doi:10.5670/oceanog.2016.106 <https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.106> , hdl:10013/epic.49932 |
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