Antarctic ice sheet melting in the southeast Pacific
The first oceanographic measurements across a deep channel beneath the calving front of Pine Island Glacier reveal a sub-ice circulation driven by basal melting of 10–12 m yr−1. A salt box model described here gives a melt rate similar to that of ice balance and numerical models, 5–50 times higher t...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:515160 2023-05-15T13:49:33+02:00 Antarctic ice sheet melting in the southeast Pacific Jacobs, Stanley S. Hellmer, Hartmut H. Jenkins, Adrian 1996-05 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515160/ https://doi.org/10.1029/96GL00723 unknown American Geophysical Union Jacobs, Stanley S.; Hellmer, Hartmut H.; Jenkins, Adrian orcid:0000-0002-9117-0616 . 1996 Antarctic ice sheet melting in the southeast Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 23 (9). 957-960. https://doi.org/10.1029/96GL00723 <https://doi.org/10.1029/96GL00723> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 1996 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1029/96GL00723 2023-02-04T19:43:55Z The first oceanographic measurements across a deep channel beneath the calving front of Pine Island Glacier reveal a sub-ice circulation driven by basal melting of 10–12 m yr−1. A salt box model described here gives a melt rate similar to that of ice balance and numerical models, 5–50 times higher than averages for the George VI and Ross Ice Shelves. Melting is fueled by relatively warm Circumpolar Deep Water that floods the deep floor of the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Sea continental shelves, reaching the deep draft of this floating glacier. A revised melt rate for ice shelves in the Southeast Pacific sector raises circumpolar ice shelf melting to 756 Gt yr−1. Given prior estimates of surface accumulation and iceberg calving, this suggests that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is currently losing mass to the ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Bellingshausen Sea Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Pine Island Glacier Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic Bellingshausen Sea Pacific Pine Island Glacier ENVELOPE(-101.000,-101.000,-75.000,-75.000) Geophysical Research Letters 23 9 957 960 |
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The first oceanographic measurements across a deep channel beneath the calving front of Pine Island Glacier reveal a sub-ice circulation driven by basal melting of 10–12 m yr−1. A salt box model described here gives a melt rate similar to that of ice balance and numerical models, 5–50 times higher than averages for the George VI and Ross Ice Shelves. Melting is fueled by relatively warm Circumpolar Deep Water that floods the deep floor of the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Sea continental shelves, reaching the deep draft of this floating glacier. A revised melt rate for ice shelves in the Southeast Pacific sector raises circumpolar ice shelf melting to 756 Gt yr−1. Given prior estimates of surface accumulation and iceberg calving, this suggests that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is currently losing mass to the ocean. |
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Antarctic ice sheet melting in the southeast Pacific |
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Antarctic ice sheet melting in the southeast Pacific |
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Antarctic ice sheet melting in the southeast Pacific |
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Antarctic ice sheet melting in the southeast Pacific |
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antarctic ice sheet melting in the southeast pacific |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Bellingshausen Sea Pacific Pine Island Glacier |
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Antarc* Antarctic Bellingshausen Sea Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Pine Island Glacier |
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Antarc* Antarctic Bellingshausen Sea Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Pine Island Glacier |
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Jacobs, Stanley S.; Hellmer, Hartmut H.; Jenkins, Adrian orcid:0000-0002-9117-0616 . 1996 Antarctic ice sheet melting in the southeast Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 23 (9). 957-960. https://doi.org/10.1029/96GL00723 <https://doi.org/10.1029/96GL00723> |
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