Assessment of sub-shelf melting parameterisations using the ocean–ice-sheet coupled model NEMO(v3.6)–Elmer/Ice(v8.3)

• Published in: Geoscientific Model Development
• Main Authors: L. Favier, N. C. Jourdain, A. Jenkins, N. Merino, G. Durand, O. Gagliardini, F. Gillet-Chaulet, P. Mathiot
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-2255-2019; https://doaj.org/article/a4efdcd09f0e4b0c93bddb8f01e2f34c

Oceanic melting beneath ice shelves is the main driver of the current mass loss of the Antarctic ice sheet and is mostly parameterised in stand-alone ice-sheet modelling. Parameterisations are crude representations of reality, and their response to ocean warming has not been compared to 3-D ocean–ic...