Effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets
Mass loss from ice shelves is a strong control on grounding-line dynamics. Here we investigate how calving and submarine melt parameterizations affect steady-state grounding-line positions and their stability. Our results indicate that different calving laws with the same melt parameterization resul...
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ftunivnorthumb:oai:nrl.northumbria.ac.uk:48709 2023-05-15T16:41:08+02:00 Effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets Haseloff, Marianne Sergienko, Olga V. 2022-12-01 text https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48709/ https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.29 https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48709/8/effects-of-calving-and-submarine-melting-on-steady-states-and-stability-of-buttressed-marine-ice-sheets.pdf https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48709/1/effects-of-calving-and-submarine-melting-on-steady-states-and-stability-of-buttressed-marine-ice-sheets.pdf en eng International Glaciological Society https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48709/8/effects-of-calving-and-submarine-melting-on-steady-states-and-stability-of-buttressed-marine-ice-sheets.pdf https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48709/1/effects-of-calving-and-submarine-melting-on-steady-states-and-stability-of-buttressed-marine-ice-sheets.pdf Haseloff, Marianne and Sergienko, Olga V. (2022) Effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets. Journal of Glaciology, 68 (272). pp. 1149-1166. ISSN 0022-1430 cc_by_4_0 CC-BY F600 Geology F700 Ocean Sciences F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftunivnorthumb https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.29 2022-11-24T23:31:00Z Mass loss from ice shelves is a strong control on grounding-line dynamics. Here we investigate how calving and submarine melt parameterizations affect steady-state grounding-line positions and their stability. Our results indicate that different calving laws with the same melt parameterization result in more diverse steady-state ice-sheet configurations than different melt parameterizations with the same calving law. We show that the backstress at the grounding line depends on the integrated ice-shelf mass flux. Consequently, ice shelves are most sensitive to high melt rates in the vicinity of their grounding lines. For the same shelf-averaged melt rates, different melt parameterizations can lead to very different ice-shelf configurations and grounding-line positions. If the melt rate depends on the slope of the ice-shelf draft, then the positive feedback between increased melting and steepening of the slope can lead to singular melt rates at the ice-shelf front, producing an apparent lower limit of the shelf front thickness as the ice thickness vanishes over a small boundary layer. Our results illustrate that the evolution of marine ice sheets is highly dependent on ice-shelf mass loss mechanisms, and that existing parameterizations can lead to a wide range of modelled grounding-line behaviours. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Journal of Glaciology Northumbria University, Newcastle: Northumbria Research Link (NRL) Journal of Glaciology 1 18 |
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F600 Geology F700 Ocean Sciences F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences Haseloff, Marianne Sergienko, Olga V. Effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets |
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Mass loss from ice shelves is a strong control on grounding-line dynamics. Here we investigate how calving and submarine melt parameterizations affect steady-state grounding-line positions and their stability. Our results indicate that different calving laws with the same melt parameterization result in more diverse steady-state ice-sheet configurations than different melt parameterizations with the same calving law. We show that the backstress at the grounding line depends on the integrated ice-shelf mass flux. Consequently, ice shelves are most sensitive to high melt rates in the vicinity of their grounding lines. For the same shelf-averaged melt rates, different melt parameterizations can lead to very different ice-shelf configurations and grounding-line positions. If the melt rate depends on the slope of the ice-shelf draft, then the positive feedback between increased melting and steepening of the slope can lead to singular melt rates at the ice-shelf front, producing an apparent lower limit of the shelf front thickness as the ice thickness vanishes over a small boundary layer. Our results illustrate that the evolution of marine ice sheets is highly dependent on ice-shelf mass loss mechanisms, and that existing parameterizations can lead to a wide range of modelled grounding-line behaviours. |
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Effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets |
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Effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets |
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Effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets |
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Effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets |
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Effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets |
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effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets |
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https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48709/ https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.29 https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48709/8/effects-of-calving-and-submarine-melting-on-steady-states-and-stability-of-buttressed-marine-ice-sheets.pdf https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48709/1/effects-of-calving-and-submarine-melting-on-steady-states-and-stability-of-buttressed-marine-ice-sheets.pdf |
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