What is needed is a more systematic way of integrating data on the thickness distribution of this ice into models that forecast regional ice conditions and their impact on
ice ocean interaction.
Not exact matches
The Earth's climate system is characterised by complex
interactions between the atmosphere,
oceans,
ice sheets, landmasses and the biosphere (parts of the world with plant and animal life).
On average, Antarctic sea
ice may be considerably thicker than once thought, which could significantly change how scientists assess sea
ice dynamics and their
interactions with the
ocean in a warming world.
«This research is helping us better understand the
interactions between the
ice sheet and the
ocean in this remote region on Earth.»
The researchers believe that the
interaction of the
ocean beneath the
ice shelf and melting of the
ice shelf is an important variable that should be incorporated into the sea level rise models of global warming.
There is a lot of evidence that
ice -
ocean interaction is causing fractures where you see icebergs calving.
«The influence of rising
oceans is even greater than the overall amount of sea level rise because of storm surge, erosion and inundation,» said Carlson, who studies the
interaction of
ice sheets,
oceans and the climate system on centennial time scales.
«Wandering greenhouse gas: Climate models need to take into account the
interaction between methane, the Arctic
Ocean and
ice.»
The results highlight how the
interaction between
ocean conditions and the bedrock beneath a glacier can influence the frozen mass, helping scientists better predict future Antarctica
ice loss and global sea level rise.
And just last year, the United States and the United Kingdom announced an in - depth coordinated research project focused on one of West Antarctica's largest and most vulnerable glaciers, the Thwaites Glacier, which will focus in large part on the
interaction of the
ocean and the
ice front.
Because the interiors of icy planetary bodies might also be salty, due to
interactions between the
ice and the surrounding rocks or a liquid
ocean, lead author Livia Eleonora Bove of the CNRS & Université Pierre et Marie Curie in France and the Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne in Switzerland and the rest of the team studied the effects of salts on the formation of the
ice X from
ice VII.
«I think the most critical
interaction is this
ocean -
ice interaction,» Bindschadler told OurAmazingPlanet.
The atmosphere is a key player, but
ice -
ocean interactions will remain critical for centuries.
Kaitlin Naughten from the University of New South Wales works on one of the most pressing issues facing modern climate science:
interactions between the
ocean and the vast
ice shelves fringing Antarctica.
The remote impacts of Arctic sea -
ice loss can only be properly represented using models that simulate
interactions among the
ocean, sea
ice, land and atmosphere.
Climate models are mathematical representations of the
interactions between the atmosphere,
oceans, land surface,
ice — and the sun.
Researchers report on newly discovered
interactions between the atmosphere, sea
ice and the
ocean in the journal Nature's Scientific Reports.
A: Climate models are mathematical representations of the
interactions between the various aspects of the climate system including the atmosphere,
oceans, land surface,
ice, and the Sun.
However, the Antarctic
Ice Sheet is a complex system with interactions between the ice and climate, the ocean, and conditions at the base of the ice she
Ice Sheet is a complex system with
interactions between the
ice and climate, the ocean, and conditions at the base of the ice she
ice and climate, the
ocean, and conditions at the base of the
ice she
ice sheet.
In fact, it may be more closely linked to unusually intense volcanic activity and
interactions between sea
ice and
ocean currents during the period.
A numerical model of
interactions between a polar
ice stream and the
ocean: Application to
ice stream E, West Antarctica.
Glaciology;
ice sheet dynamics and sea level rise;
ice —
ocean interactions; geophysical field methods; satellite geodesy; spaceborne remote sensing
This year will also see the continuation of two major cryosphere airborne and field campaigns: Operation IceBridge, which has provided a multi-dimensional view of Greenland, Antarctica, and sea
ice since 2009, and the JPL - managed
Oceans Melting Greenland, which is focused on the
interaction between
ocean waters and Greenland's glaciers that terminate in the
ocean.
These
oceans were formed by tidal heating, that is, warming of the
ice caused by friction between the surface
ice and the core as a result of the gravitational
interaction between the planet and the moon.
Crucifix, M., and A. Berger, 2002: Simulation of
ocean —
ice sheet
interactions during the last deglaciation.
Once complete, we should have a much better idea of how and where
ice -
ocean interactions are strongest, and what the implications will be for sea level rise.
Interactions between the
ocean and
ice sheets are particularly important in determining
ice sheet changes, as a warming
ocean can melt the
ice shelves, the tongues of
ice that extend from the
ice sheets into the
ocean and buttress the large land - based
ice sheets [92], [202]--[203].
The problem with the paleoclimate
ice sheet models is that they do not generally contain the physics of
ice streams, effects of surface melt descending through crevasses and lubricating basal flow, or realistic
interactions with the
ocean.
For example, how much confidence can we really have in results from
ice sheet models, which very likely miss important mechanisms (e.g., due to limited understanding of
ocean -
ice shelf
interactions, calving physics and influence of small - scale topography)?
Proposed explanations for the discrepancy include
ocean — atmosphere coupling that is too weak in models, insufficient energy cascades from smaller to larger spatial and temporal scales, or that global climate models do not consider slow climate feedbacks related to the carbon cycle or
interactions between
ice sheets and climate.
Further to Aaron's post in # 15, if the current generation of GCM's do not properly include
ice sheet dynamics and
interactions with the
oceans etc, are not the pdf's and their moments compromised and if so to what extent?
I do think it has been clear for a while that
interactions with the
ocean provide the greatest potential for surprises and rapid changes, and that Greenland's
ice sheet would mostly pull out of the
ocean before it lost most of its mass.
The Arctic sea
ice, for instance, has timescales of around 5 years to a decade, and so a collapse of summer
ice cover could conceivably be reversed in a «cooling world» after only a decade or so (
interactions with the Arctic
ocean stratification may make that take a little longer though).
First of all there is the
interaction between the
ocean and the
ice sheet.
A: Climate models are mathematical representations of the
interactions between the various aspects of the climate system including the atmosphere,
oceans, land surface,
ice, and the Sun.
On unreliability of models see O'Reilly et al. (2012), pp. 721 - 22; «there is still no robust, credible model for the
interaction of melting
ice sheets with the
ocean,» Holland and Holland (2015).
Although the exact causes for
ice ages, and the glacial cycles within them, have not been proven, they are most likely the result of a complicated dynamic
interaction between such things as solar output, distance of the Earth from the sun, position and height of the continents,
ocean circulation, and the composition of the atmosphere.
The
interaction of
ocean and atmosphere is a complicated one, with a number of factors at work that influence the growth of sea
ice.
One, she says, «clearly and authoritatively describes the complex
interactions among
ocean dynamics and heat transport, sea
ice dynamics forced both by atmospheric winds and
ocean currents, and atmospheric thermodynamic forcing in determining recent variations in multi-year sea
ice extent.
The project will also analyze changes in oceanic circulation and processes in an
ice - depleted Arctic
Ocean, and in its
interactions with the sub arctic
oceans.
The researchers believe that the
interaction of the
ocean beneath the
ice shelf and melting of the
ice shelf is an important variable that should be incorporated into the sea level rise models of global warming.
JC comment: This paper clearly and authoritatively describes the complex
interactions among
ocean dynamics and heat transport, sea
ice dynamics forced both by atmospheric winds and
ocean currents, and atmospheric thermodynamic forcing in determining recent variations in multi-year sea
ice extent.
The US CLIVAR Greenland
Ice Sheet -
Ocean Interactions Working Group was formed to foster and promote interaction between the diverse oceanographic, glaciological, atmospheric and climate communities, including modelers and field and data scientists within each community, interested in glacier / ocean interactions around Greenland, to advance understanding of the process and ultimately improve its representation in climate mo
Ocean Interactions Working Group was formed to foster and promote interaction between the diverse oceanographic, glaciological, atmospheric and climate communities, including modelers and field and data scientists within each community, interested in glacier / ocean interactions around Greenland, to advance understanding of the process and ultimately improve its representation in cli
Interactions Working Group was formed to foster and promote
interaction between the diverse oceanographic, glaciological, atmospheric and climate communities, including modelers and field and data scientists within each community, interested in glacier /
ocean interactions around Greenland, to advance understanding of the process and ultimately improve its representation in climate mo
ocean interactions around Greenland, to advance understanding of the process and ultimately improve its representation in cli
interactions around Greenland, to advance understanding of the process and ultimately improve its representation in climate models.
His research interest encompasses the
interactions between air,
ice and the sea in the polar
oceans.
GCM developmental research focuses on sensitivity to parameterizations of clouds and moist convection, ground hydrology, and
ocean - atmosphere -
ice interactions.
Some processes arise through
interactions with other parts of the climate system such as the
ocean (for example as manifested through sea surface temperature anomalies), sea
ice anomalies, snow cover anomalies as well as through coupling to the circulation in the stratosphere.
This summer school is aimed at postgraduate students and early career scientists who would like to obtain a solid grounding in polar climate system science, with a particular focus on the atmosphere,
ocean and sea
ice and their
interactions.
Climate models are mathematical representations of the
interactions between the atmosphere,
oceans, land surface,
ice — and the sun.
Lance, adrift in the
ice, provided a base for 100 scientists and engineers who spent 3 to 6 weeks on board the vessel studying air - snow -
ice -
ocean interactions in a region with thinner sea
ice.
Müller, J. & Stein, R. High - resolution record of late glacial and deglacial sea
ice changes in Fram Strait corroborates
ice -
ocean interactions during abrupt climate shifts.