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Sea level rise The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) provides fundamental control on the Antarctic ice system. The tilt of the isopycnals of the ACC, in response to strong westerlies, serves to thermally isolate the Antarctic continent from directly receiving the overwhelming subtropical ocean sur...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.634.3617 2023-05-15T13:37:43+02:00 Glacial ice Douglas G. Martinson The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2010 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.634.3617 http://pal.lternet.edu/docs/bibliography/Public/381lterc.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.634.3617 http://pal.lternet.edu/docs/bibliography/Public/381lterc.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pal.lternet.edu/docs/bibliography/Public/381lterc.pdf text 2010 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T15:37:38Z Sea level rise The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) provides fundamental control on the Antarctic ice system. The tilt of the isopycnals of the ACC, in response to strong westerlies, serves to thermally isolate the Antarctic continent from directly receiving the overwhelming subtropical ocean surface heat. This same tilt provides the northern boundary of the polar seas; as such it “contains ” the statically stable cold fresh surface polar waters required for sea ice formation. In this manner it effectively sets the northern limit for seasonal sea ice formation. The isopycnal tilt also allows warm deep water to upwell to the surface near the continental margin in western Antarctica where the ACC skirts the continental shelf, leading to excessive ocean heat flux to the atmosphere in winter, and providing heat to melt the underside of the glacial ice. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Sea ice Unknown Antarctic The Antarctic |
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Sea level rise The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) provides fundamental control on the Antarctic ice system. The tilt of the isopycnals of the ACC, in response to strong westerlies, serves to thermally isolate the Antarctic continent from directly receiving the overwhelming subtropical ocean surface heat. This same tilt provides the northern boundary of the polar seas; as such it “contains ” the statically stable cold fresh surface polar waters required for sea ice formation. In this manner it effectively sets the northern limit for seasonal sea ice formation. The isopycnal tilt also allows warm deep water to upwell to the surface near the continental margin in western Antarctica where the ACC skirts the continental shelf, leading to excessive ocean heat flux to the atmosphere in winter, and providing heat to melt the underside of the glacial ice. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. |
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