Brief communication: PICOP, a new ocean melt parameterization under ice shelves combining PICO and a plume model

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: T. Pelle, M. Morlighem, J. H. Bondzio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Pine Island; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1043-2019; https://doaj.org/article/f84ce19cf527464d9d70d73c7bae1636

Basal melting at the bottom of Antarctic ice shelves is a major control on glacier dynamics, as it modulates the amount of buttressing that floating ice shelves exert onto the ice streams feeding them. Three-dimensional ocean circulation numerical models provide reliable estimates of basal melt rate...