Basal melt rates and ocean circulation under the Ryder Glacier ice tongue and their response to climate warming: a high-resolution modelling study

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. Wiskandt, I. M. Koszalka, J. Nilsson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Greenland; Osborn; Ryder; Ryder Glacier; Sherard Osborn Fjord; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; Sherard Osborn fjord; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2755-2023; https://doaj.org/article/0fcab584688146629ac41279f474427b

The oceanic forcing of basal melt under floating ice shelves in Greenland and Antarctica is one of the major sources of uncertainty in climate ice sheet modelling. We use a high-resolution, nonhydrostatic configuration of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model (MITgcm) t...