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DOI | 10.5194/tc-11-1387-2017 |
Impacts of freshwater changes on Antarctic sea ice in an eddy-permitting sea-ice-ocean model | |
Haid V.; Iovino D.; Masina S. | |
发表日期 | 2017 |
ISSN | 19940416 |
卷号 | 11期号:3 |
英文摘要 | In a warming climate, satellite data indicate that the sea ice extent around Antarctica has increased over the last decades. One of the suggested explanations is the stabilizing effect of increased mass loss of the Antarctic ice sheet. Here, we investigate the sea ice response to changes in both the amount and the spatial distribution of freshwater input to the ocean by comparing a set of numerical sensitivity simulations with additional supply of water at the Antarctic ocean surface. We analyze the short-term response of the sea ice cover and the on-shelf water column to variations in the amount and distribution of the prescribed surface freshwater flux. Our results confirm that enhancing the freshwater input can increase the sea ice extent. Our experiments show a negative development of the sea ice extent only for extremefreshwater additions. We find that the spatial distribution of freshwater is of great influence on sea ice concentration and thickness as it affects sea ice dynamics and thermodynamics. For strong regional contrasts in the freshwater addition the dynamic response dominates the local change in sea ice, which generally opposes the thermodynamic response. Furthermore, we find that additional coastal runoff generally leads to fresher and warmer dense shelf waters. © Author(s) 2017. |
学科领域 | eddy; experimental study; freshwater input; ice cover; ice thickness; ice-ocean interaction; satellite data; sea ice; spatial distribution; thermodynamics; water column; Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarctica; Southern Ocean |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | eddy; experimental study; freshwater input; ice cover; ice thickness; ice-ocean interaction; satellite data; sea ice; spatial distribution; thermodynamics; water column; Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarctica; Southern Ocean |
来源期刊 | Cryosphere |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/119385 |
作者单位 | Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Bologna, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Bologna, Italy; Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), CNRS, Plouzané, France |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Haid V.,Iovino D.,Masina S.. Impacts of freshwater changes on Antarctic sea ice in an eddy-permitting sea-ice-ocean model[J],2017,11(3). |
APA | Haid V.,Iovino D.,&Masina S..(2017).Impacts of freshwater changes on Antarctic sea ice in an eddy-permitting sea-ice-ocean model.Cryosphere,11(3). |
MLA | Haid V.,et al."Impacts of freshwater changes on Antarctic sea ice in an eddy-permitting sea-ice-ocean model".Cryosphere 11.3(2017). |
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