西南极洲冰层的潮控制的棒滑排放
Robert A Bindschadler1, Matt A King, Richard B Alley
1Ocean and Ice Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA. Robert.A.Bindschadler@nasa.gov
概括
西南极洲的冰流由于海洋潮而迅速升. 这种由亚冰川动态驱动的快速运动突显了冰川对海平面变化的敏感性.
科学领域:
- 冰川学的冰川学
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
背景情况:
- 西南极冰流是南极冰盖的关键组成部分.
- 它们的动态显著影响全球海平面.
- 了解它们的快速运动对于预测未来的冰损失至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究西南极洲主要冰流中突然发生的快速运动事件背后的机制.
- 确定海洋潮振荡在驱动这些事件中的作用.
- 为了建模控制冰流速度变化的亚冰川过程.
主要方法:
- 分析与海洋潮周期同步的冰流运动数据.
- 调查在亚冰川土壤中的滑动传播速度.
- 开发和应用一个摩擦锁定故障模型.
主要成果:
- 冰流的排放发生在短暂的,快速运动周期中,伴随着~1米的海洋潮振荡.
- 加速和减速到/从静止状态发生在几分钟内.
- 滑坡在~88米/秒的传播表明一个亚冰期,直到切割波.
- 摩擦锁定故障模型准确地复制了观察到的近周期事件时间.
结论:
- 西南极洲的冰流表现出由潮强迫驱动的快速变化.
- 冰下土壤动力学,可能作为剪切波,控制滑动的传播.
- 冰流的行为对亚冰期条件和海平面波动非常敏感.
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