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Provedor de dados: | 5
País: | France
Título: | Antarctic icebergs melt over the Southern Ocean : climatology and impact on sea ice
Autores: | Merino, Nacho; Le Sommer, Julien; Durand, Gael; Jourdain, Nicolas C.; Madec, Gurvan; Mathiot, Pierre; Tournadre, Jean.
Data: | 2016-08
Ano: | 2016
Palavras-chave: | Icebergs; Southern Ocean; Sea ice; Freshwater fluxes.
Resumo: | Recent increase in Antarctic freshwater release to the Southern Ocean is suggested to contribute to change in water masses and sea ice. However, climate models differ in their representation of the freshwater sources. Recent improvements in altimetry-based detection of small icebergs and in estimates of the mass loss of Antarctica may help better constrain the values of Antarctic freshwater releases. We propose a model-based seasonal climatology of iceberg melt over the Southern Ocean using state-of-the-art observed glaciological estimates of the Antarctic mass loss. An improved version of a Lagrangian iceberg model is coupled with a global, eddy-permitting ocean/sea ice model and compared to small icebergs observations. Iceberg melt increases sea ice cover, about 10% in annual mean sea ice volume, and decreases sea surface temperature over most of the Southern Ocean, but with distinctive regional patterns. Our results underline the importance of improving the representation of Antarctic freshwater sources. This can be achieved by forcing ocean/sea ice models with a climatological iceberg fresh-water flux.
Tipo: | Text
Idioma: | Inglês

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http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00335/44579/44294.pdf

DOI:10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.05.001

http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00335/44579/

Editor: | Elsevier Sci Ltd
Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | Ocean Modelling (1463-5003) (Elsevier Sci Ltd), 2016-08 , Vol. 104 , P. 99-110

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