On the Multiscale Oceanic Heat Transports Toward the Bases of the Antarctic Ice Shelves

• Published in: Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research
• Main Authors: Zhaomin Wang, Chengyan Liu, Chen Cheng, Qing Qin, Liangjun Yan, Jiangchao Qian, Chong Sun, Li Zhang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2023
• Subjects: Oceanography; GC1-1581; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; Cooperation Sea; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34133/olar.0010; https://doaj.org/article/52b9519a5ef649f298867d1dab6b9cc5

The mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) is important to global sea-level change. The AIS loses mass mainly through basal melting and subsequent calving of the Antarctic ice shelves. However, the simulated basal melting rates are very uncertain in ice sheet models, partially resulting from...