Turbulent heat exchange between water and ice at an evolving ice-water interface

• Main Authors: Ramudu, Eshwan, Hirsh, Benjamin Henry, Olson, Peter, Gnanadesikan, Anand
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2015
• Subjects: Fluid Dynamics physics.flu-dyn; FOS Physical sciences; Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1512.00303; https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.00303

We conduct laboratory experiments on the time evolution of an ice layer cooled from below and subjected to a turbulent shear flow of warm water from above. Our study is motivated by observations of warm water intrusion into the ocean cavity under Antarctic ice shelves, accelerating the melting of th...