在格陵兰岛的雅各布沙文伊斯布雷冰川上,速度的大幅波动
Ian Joughin1, Waleed Abdalati, Mark Fahnestock
1Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology, USA. ian@apl.washington.edu
Nature
|December 4, 2004
概括
格陵兰岛 - 格陵兰岛是什么?
科学领域:
- 冰川学的冰川学
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 遥感 遥感 遥感 遥感
背景情况:
- 格陵兰冰盖质量平衡受出口冰川流速的影响.
- 自1991年以来,格陵兰最大的出口冰川雅各布沙文冰川 (Jakobshavn Isbrae) 已被多次调查.
- 了解冰川速度变化对于冰盖质量平衡评估至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在1992年至2003年期间,使用遥感数据测量了雅各布沙文Isbrae的速度.
- 分析冰川流速的时间变化.
- 评估冰川速度变化对冰块排放的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用遥感数据进行速度测量.
- 分析了1992年至2003年的冰川速度数据.
- 与冰川变厚和变薄相关的速度变化.
主要成果:
- 在Jakobshavn Isbrae的速度中检测到显著的时间变化.
- 从1985年到1992年,观察到速度下降,随后到2003年大幅增加.
- 速度变化与观察到的冰川加厚和稀薄模式保持一致.
结论:
- 快速流动的冰川可以在亚十年时间尺度上显著改变冰的排放.
- 冰川的速度动态表明了对气候变化的快速反应的潜力.
- 雅各布斯万伊斯布雷最近的速度变化凸显了它对气候变化的敏感性.
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