THE BASAL MELTING OF ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES

南极冰架的基础融化

• 批准号: DP240102823
• 负责人: A/Prof Bishakhdatta Gayen
• 金额: $ 30.56万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP240102823
• 关键词: BASAL; MELTING; ANTARCTIC; ICE; SHELVES

The project aims to determine the mechanisms that govern melting of Antarctic ice shelves into the ocean. Faster basal melting of ice shelves in the warming ocean is contributing to loss of grounded ice from Antarctica and increased glacier speeds, and melting is projected to become a larger contribution to future global sea level rise. Using unique laboratory experiments, turbulence-resolving computation and theoretical analysis the project will evaluate the roles of meltwater, ocean currents, internal wave breaking and water exchanges between the continental shelf and sub-ice cavities. The results will assist our understanding of measurements made in Antarctica and more reliable predictions of sea level rise.

该项目旨在确定南极冰架融化进入海洋的机制。在变暖的海洋中，冰架底部融化的速度更快，导致南极洲地面冰的流失和冰川速度的增加，预计融化将成为未来全球海平面上升的一个更大因素。该项目将利用独特的实验室实验、分辨率计算和理论分析，评估融水、洋流、内波破碎以及大陆架和冰下空洞之间的水交换的作用。这些结果将有助于我们了解在南极洲进行的测量，并更可靠地预测海平面上升。