DataSheet1_Basal mass balance and prevalence of ice tongues in the Western ross sea.pdf
Ice tongues at the fringes of the Antarctic ice sheet lose mass primarily through both basal melting and calving. They are sensitive to ocean conditions which can weaken the ice both mechanically or through thinning. Ice tongues, which are laterally unconfined, are likely to be particularly sensitiv...
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ftfrontimediafig:oai:figshare.com:article/22321714 2023-05-15T14:12:20+02:00 DataSheet1_Basal mass balance and prevalence of ice tongues in the Western ross sea.pdf Rodrigo Gomez-Fell Oliver J. Marsh Wolfgang Rack Christian T. Wild Heather Purdie 2023-03-23T04:04:47Z https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1057761.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/DataSheet1_Basal_mass_balance_and_prevalence_of_ice_tongues_in_the_Western_ross_sea_pdf/22321714 unknown doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1057761.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/DataSheet1_Basal_mass_balance_and_prevalence_of_ice_tongues_in_the_Western_ross_sea_pdf/22321714 CC BY 4.0 Solid Earth Sciences Climate Science Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified Exploration Geochemistry Inorganic Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry Organic Geochemistry Geochemistry not elsewhere classified Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Ore Deposit Petrology Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) Structural Geology Tectonics Volcanology Geology not elsewhere classified Seismology and Seismic Exploration Glaciology Hydrogeology Natural Hazards Quaternary Environments Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Antarctica Ross Sea ice tongue melt rate mass balance ICESat-2 laser altimetry Sentinel-1 Dataset 2023 ftfrontimediafig https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1057761.s001 2023-03-29T23:14:27Z Ice tongues at the fringes of the Antarctic ice sheet lose mass primarily through both basal melting and calving. They are sensitive to ocean conditions which can weaken the ice both mechanically or through thinning. Ice tongues, which are laterally unconfined, are likely to be particularly sensitive to ocean-induced stresses. Here we examine ice tongues in the Western Ross Sea, by looking into the factors affecting their stability. We calculate the basal mass change of twelve Antarctic ice tongues using a flux gate approach, deriving thickness from ICESat-2 height measurements and ice surface velocities from Sentinel-1 feature-tracking over the same period (October 2018 to December 2021). The basal mass balance ranges between −0.14 ± 0.07 m yr −1 and −1.50 ± 1.2 m yr −1 . The average basal mass change for all the ice tongues is −0.82 ± 0.68 m of ice yr −1 . Low values of basal melt suggest a stable mass balance condition in this region, with low thermal ocean forcing, as other studies have shown. We found a heterogeneous basal melt pattern with no latitudinal gradient and no clear driver in basal melt indicating that local variables are important in the persistence of ice tongues in the absence of a strong oceanographic melting force. Moreover, thanks to the temporal resolution of the data we were able to resolve the seasonal variability of Drygalski and Aviator Ice Tongues, the two largest ice tongues studied. Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ross Sea Sea ice Frontiers: Figshare Antarctic Drygalski ENVELOPE(-61.000,-61.000,-64.717,-64.717) Ross Sea The Antarctic |
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Solid Earth Sciences Climate Science Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified Exploration Geochemistry Inorganic Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry Organic Geochemistry Geochemistry not elsewhere classified Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Ore Deposit Petrology Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) Structural Geology Tectonics Volcanology Geology not elsewhere classified Seismology and Seismic Exploration Glaciology Hydrogeology Natural Hazards Quaternary Environments Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Antarctica Ross Sea ice tongue melt rate mass balance ICESat-2 laser altimetry Sentinel-1 Rodrigo Gomez-Fell Oliver J. Marsh Wolfgang Rack Christian T. Wild Heather Purdie DataSheet1_Basal mass balance and prevalence of ice tongues in the Western ross sea.pdf |
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Solid Earth Sciences Climate Science Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified Exploration Geochemistry Inorganic Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry Organic Geochemistry Geochemistry not elsewhere classified Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Ore Deposit Petrology Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) Structural Geology Tectonics Volcanology Geology not elsewhere classified Seismology and Seismic Exploration Glaciology Hydrogeology Natural Hazards Quaternary Environments Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Antarctica Ross Sea ice tongue melt rate mass balance ICESat-2 laser altimetry Sentinel-1 |
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Ice tongues at the fringes of the Antarctic ice sheet lose mass primarily through both basal melting and calving. They are sensitive to ocean conditions which can weaken the ice both mechanically or through thinning. Ice tongues, which are laterally unconfined, are likely to be particularly sensitive to ocean-induced stresses. Here we examine ice tongues in the Western Ross Sea, by looking into the factors affecting their stability. We calculate the basal mass change of twelve Antarctic ice tongues using a flux gate approach, deriving thickness from ICESat-2 height measurements and ice surface velocities from Sentinel-1 feature-tracking over the same period (October 2018 to December 2021). The basal mass balance ranges between −0.14 ± 0.07 m yr −1 and −1.50 ± 1.2 m yr −1 . The average basal mass change for all the ice tongues is −0.82 ± 0.68 m of ice yr −1 . Low values of basal melt suggest a stable mass balance condition in this region, with low thermal ocean forcing, as other studies have shown. We found a heterogeneous basal melt pattern with no latitudinal gradient and no clear driver in basal melt indicating that local variables are important in the persistence of ice tongues in the absence of a strong oceanographic melting force. Moreover, thanks to the temporal resolution of the data we were able to resolve the seasonal variability of Drygalski and Aviator Ice Tongues, the two largest ice tongues studied. |
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