Southern Ocean Sea Ice – what happened and what happens next?

该项目将通过阐明控制南大洋海冰的机制来解决我们对未来南极洲周围海冰预测缺乏信心的问题。 目前海冰预测的可信度很低，限制了我们预测冰架融化和海平面上升的能力。 该项目将导致对南大洋海冰未来的详细了解，提高我们对海洋动力学，冰架融化和海平面上升的理解。 该项目的结果将加强对海冰的预测，从而也加强对冰架融化和海平面上升的预测。海平面预测的改进将有助于沿海社区的决策。

This project will adress our lack of confidence in future projections of sea ice around Antarctica by elucidating the mechanisms controlling sea ice in the Southern Ocean. There is low confidence is current sea ice projections, limiting our ability to predict ice shelf melt and sea level rise. This project will lead to a detailed understanding of the future of sea ice in the Southern Ocean, improving our understanding of ocean dynamics, ice shelf melt, and sea level rise. The results from this project will enhance projections of sea ice, and therefore also ice shelf melt and sea level rise. Improved sea level projections will aid policy decisions for coastal communities.