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Predicted reduction in basal melt rates of an Antarctic ice shelf in a warmer climate.

Author(s) : NICHOLLS K. W.

Type of article: Article

Summary

This relatively warm so-called high salinity shelf water is responsible for the net melting at the ice shelf's base. The author presents temperature measurements, from the same sub-ice-shelf cavity, which show a strong seasonality in the inflow of high salinity shelf water. This seasonality results from intense wintertime production of sea ice, and he argues that the seasonal springtime warming can be used as an analogue for climate warming.

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  • Original title: Predicted reduction in basal melt rates of an Antarctic ice shelf in a warmer climate.
  • Record ID : 1998-3209
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment, General information
  • Source: Nature - vol. 388 - n. 6641
  • Publication date: 1997/07/31
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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