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融解の供給の変動によって引き起こされる氷床の加速
1Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada. cschoof@eos.ubc.ca
Nature
|December 15, 2010
まとめ
平均的な融解ではなく,融解水の変動の増加が,グリーンランド氷河の加速と海面上昇を促している. 安定した融解ではなく,短期的な融解のピークは,基礎水圧を増やすことにより,氷の流れが速くなります.
科学分野:
- 氷河学 氷河学とは
- 気候科学 気候科学
- 地球システム科学 地球システム科学
背景:
- グリーンランドの氷の速度は上昇しており,海面上昇に貢献しています.
- 氷の速度の上昇は,氷と海洋の相互作用と,地表の融水に関連している.
- 融解とダイナミックな薄めとの間のポジティブなフィードバックループが仮定されました.
研究 の 目的:
- 表面溶融水の変動性と氷の流れの動態との関係を調査する.
- グリーンランドの氷河流の加速の主な要因を特定する.
- 融解による氷の損失フィードバックメカニズムの有効性を評価する.
主な方法:
- チャンネルと穴の基礎排水モードのダイナミックな切り替えをシミュレートするモデルを使用しました.
- 水入力の変動が基礎水圧に与える影響を分析した.
- 融水入力パターンが氷の速度の変化と相関している.
主要な成果:
- 氷の流れの加速は,水の入力の変動性の増加によって引き起こされ,平均の融解によって引き起こされない.
- 安定した高い融解速度は,チャネライゼーションを通じて氷の流れを抑制することができます.
- 昼間の溶融サイクルや排水イベントによる基礎水圧の一時的な急上昇が加速を引き起こします.
結論:
- 仮説の融解/ダイナミック・シンニング・フィードバックは,普遍的に機能しない.
- 短期的な融解の変動,特に昼間の周期は,グリーンランドの氷の減少の主要な要因です.
- 融水排水ダイナミクスを理解することは,将来の海面上昇を予測するために極めて重要です.
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