The internal melting of landfast sea ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica
Summertime internal melting of Antarctic sea ice is common due to the penetration of solar radiation below the snow and ice surface. We focus on the role of internal melting and heat conduction in generating gap layers within the ice. These often occur approximately 0.1 m below the ice surface. In a...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5edf365dd95f47168c815bd41b2f6de2 2023-09-05T13:15:18+02:00 The internal melting of landfast sea ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica Jiechen Zhao Bin Cheng Timo Vihma Peng Lu Hongwei Han Qi Shu 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac76d9 https://doaj.org/article/5edf365dd95f47168c815bd41b2f6de2 EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac76d9 https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac76d9 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/5edf365dd95f47168c815bd41b2f6de2 Environmental Research Letters, Vol 17, Iss 7, p 074012 (2022) deep gay layers internal melting landfast sea ice Prydz Bay East Antarctica Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac76d9 2023-08-13T00:36:58Z Summertime internal melting of Antarctic sea ice is common due to the penetration of solar radiation below the snow and ice surface. We focus on the role of internal melting and heat conduction in generating gap layers within the ice. These often occur approximately 0.1 m below the ice surface. In a small-scale survey over land-fast sea ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, we observed, for the first time, gap layers 0.6–1.0 m below the surface for both first-year ice and multi-year ice. A 1D snow/ice thermodynamic model successfully simulated snow and ice mass balance and the evolution of the gap layers. Their spatial distribution was largely controlled by snow thickness and ice thickness. A C-shaped ice temperature profile with the lowest values in the middle of the ice layer resulted in heat flux convergence causing downward progression of the internal melt layer. Multidecadal (1979–2019) seasonal simulations showed decreasing air temperature favored a postposed internal melting onset, reduced total internal melt, and delayed potential ice breakup, which indicated a higher chance for local coastal ice to be shifted from first-year ice to multi-year ice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica Prydz Bay Sea ice Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic East Antarctica Prydz Bay Environmental Research Letters 17 7 074012 |
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Summertime internal melting of Antarctic sea ice is common due to the penetration of solar radiation below the snow and ice surface. We focus on the role of internal melting and heat conduction in generating gap layers within the ice. These often occur approximately 0.1 m below the ice surface. In a small-scale survey over land-fast sea ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, we observed, for the first time, gap layers 0.6–1.0 m below the surface for both first-year ice and multi-year ice. A 1D snow/ice thermodynamic model successfully simulated snow and ice mass balance and the evolution of the gap layers. Their spatial distribution was largely controlled by snow thickness and ice thickness. A C-shaped ice temperature profile with the lowest values in the middle of the ice layer resulted in heat flux convergence causing downward progression of the internal melt layer. Multidecadal (1979–2019) seasonal simulations showed decreasing air temperature favored a postposed internal melting onset, reduced total internal melt, and delayed potential ice breakup, which indicated a higher chance for local coastal ice to be shifted from first-year ice to multi-year ice. |
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The internal melting of landfast sea ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica |
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The internal melting of landfast sea ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica |
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The internal melting of landfast sea ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica |
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