Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review
The most rapid loss of ice from the Antarctic Ice Sheet is observed where ice streams flow into the ocean and begin to float, forming the great Antarctic ice shelves that surround much of the continent. Because these ice shelves are floating, their thinning does not greatly influence sea level. Howe...
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ftleibnizopen:oai:oai.leibnizopen.de:YiBJrIcBdbrxVwz6_0uX 2023-06-11T04:04:46+02:00 Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review Dinniman, Michael Asay-Davis, Xylar Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin Holland, Paul Jenkins, Adrian Timmermann, Ralph 2016 application/pdf https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/10004 https://doi.org/10.34657/9042 eng eng Rockville, MD : The Oceanography Society CC BY 4.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Oceanography : the official magazine of the Oceanography Society 29 (2016), Nr. 4 ocean circulation beneath circumpolar deep-water shelf melt rates continental-shelf west antarctica sea sheet glacier driven impact 550 article Text 2016 ftleibnizopen https://doi.org/10.34657/9042 2023-04-23T23:28:05Z The most rapid loss of ice from the Antarctic Ice Sheet is observed where ice streams flow into the ocean and begin to float, forming the great Antarctic ice shelves that surround much of the continent. Because these ice shelves are floating, their thinning does not greatly influence sea level. However, they also buttress the ice streams draining the ice sheet, and so ice shelf changes do significantly influence sea level by altering the discharge of grounded ice. Currently, the most significant loss of mass from the ice shelves is from melting at the base (although iceberg calving is a close second). Accessing the ocean beneath ice shelves is extremely difficult, so numerical models are invaluable for understanding the processes governing basal melting. This paper describes the different ways in which ice shelf/ocean interactions are modeled and discusses emerging directions that will enhance understanding of how the ice shelves are melting now and how this might change in the future. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* West Antarctica LeibnizOpen (The Leibniz Association) Antarctic The Antarctic West Antarctica Buttress ENVELOPE(-57.083,-57.083,-63.550,-63.550) |
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ocean circulation beneath circumpolar deep-water shelf melt rates continental-shelf west antarctica sea sheet glacier driven impact 550 Dinniman, Michael Asay-Davis, Xylar Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin Holland, Paul Jenkins, Adrian Timmermann, Ralph Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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The most rapid loss of ice from the Antarctic Ice Sheet is observed where ice streams flow into the ocean and begin to float, forming the great Antarctic ice shelves that surround much of the continent. Because these ice shelves are floating, their thinning does not greatly influence sea level. However, they also buttress the ice streams draining the ice sheet, and so ice shelf changes do significantly influence sea level by altering the discharge of grounded ice. Currently, the most significant loss of mass from the ice shelves is from melting at the base (although iceberg calving is a close second). Accessing the ocean beneath ice shelves is extremely difficult, so numerical models are invaluable for understanding the processes governing basal melting. This paper describes the different ways in which ice shelf/ocean interactions are modeled and discusses emerging directions that will enhance understanding of how the ice shelves are melting now and how this might change in the future. publishedVersion |
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Dinniman, Michael Asay-Davis, Xylar Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin Holland, Paul Jenkins, Adrian Timmermann, Ralph |
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Dinniman, Michael Asay-Davis, Xylar Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin Holland, Paul Jenkins, Adrian Timmermann, Ralph |
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Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review |
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modeling ice shelf/ocean interaction in antarctica: a review |
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Rockville, MD : The Oceanography Society |
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2016 |
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Oceanography : the official magazine of the Oceanography Society 29 (2016), Nr. 4 |
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