Responses of basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves to the climatic forcing of the last glacial maximum and CO 2 doubling
Basal melting of the Antarctic ice shelves is an important factor in determining the stability of the Antarctic ice sheet. This study used the climatic outputs of an atmosphere-ocean general circulation model to force a circumpolar ocean model that resolves ice shelf cavity circulation to investigat...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:123545 2023-05-15T13:49:03+02:00 Responses of basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves to the climatic forcing of the last glacial maximum and CO 2 doubling Obase, T Abe-Ouchi, A Kusahara, K Hasumi, H Ohgaito, R 2017 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0908.1 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/123545 en eng Amer Meteorological Soc http://ecite.utas.edu.au/123545/1/Obase_JC_2017.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0908.1 Obase, T and Abe-Ouchi, A and Kusahara, K and Hasumi, H and Ohgaito, R, Responses of basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves to the climatic forcing of the last glacial maximum and CO 2 doubling, Journal of Climate, 30, (10) pp. 3473-3497. ISSN 0894-8755 (2017) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/123545 Earth Sciences Atmospheric Sciences Climate Change Processes Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2017 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0908.1 2019-12-13T22:22:15Z Basal melting of the Antarctic ice shelves is an important factor in determining the stability of the Antarctic ice sheet. This study used the climatic outputs of an atmosphere-ocean general circulation model to force a circumpolar ocean model that resolves ice shelf cavity circulation to investigate the response of Antarctic ice shelf melting to different climatic conditions (i.e., to a doubling of CO 2 and to the Last Glacial Maximum conditions). Sensitivity experiments were also conducted to investigate the roles of both surface atmospheric change and changes of oceanic lateral boundary conditions. It was found that the rate of change of basal melt due to climate warming is much greater (by an order of magnitude) than that due to cooling. This is mainly because the intrusion of warm water onto the continental shelves, linked to sea ice production and climate change, is crucial in determining the basal melt rate of many ice shelves. Sensitivity experiments showed that changes of atmospheric heat flux and ocean temperature are both important for warm and cold climates. The offshore wind change, together with atmospheric heat flux change, strongly affected the production of both sea ice and high-density water, preventing warmer water approaching the ice shelves under a colder climate. These results reflect the importance of both water mass formation in the Antarctic shelf seas and subsurface ocean temperature in understanding the long-term response to climate change of the melting of Antarctic ice shelves. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Sea ice eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic The Antarctic Journal of Climate 30 10 3473 3497 |
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Basal melting of the Antarctic ice shelves is an important factor in determining the stability of the Antarctic ice sheet. This study used the climatic outputs of an atmosphere-ocean general circulation model to force a circumpolar ocean model that resolves ice shelf cavity circulation to investigate the response of Antarctic ice shelf melting to different climatic conditions (i.e., to a doubling of CO 2 and to the Last Glacial Maximum conditions). Sensitivity experiments were also conducted to investigate the roles of both surface atmospheric change and changes of oceanic lateral boundary conditions. It was found that the rate of change of basal melt due to climate warming is much greater (by an order of magnitude) than that due to cooling. This is mainly because the intrusion of warm water onto the continental shelves, linked to sea ice production and climate change, is crucial in determining the basal melt rate of many ice shelves. Sensitivity experiments showed that changes of atmospheric heat flux and ocean temperature are both important for warm and cold climates. The offshore wind change, together with atmospheric heat flux change, strongly affected the production of both sea ice and high-density water, preventing warmer water approaching the ice shelves under a colder climate. These results reflect the importance of both water mass formation in the Antarctic shelf seas and subsurface ocean temperature in understanding the long-term response to climate change of the melting of Antarctic ice shelves. |
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Responses of basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves to the climatic forcing of the last glacial maximum and CO 2 doubling |
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Responses of basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves to the climatic forcing of the last glacial maximum and CO 2 doubling |
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Responses of basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves to the climatic forcing of the last glacial maximum and CO 2 doubling |
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Responses of basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves to the climatic forcing of the last glacial maximum and CO 2 doubling |
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Responses of basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves to the climatic forcing of the last glacial maximum and CO 2 doubling |
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responses of basal melting of antarctic ice shelves to the climatic forcing of the last glacial maximum and co 2 doubling |
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