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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
概括
融水变化增加,而不是平均融化,推动格陵兰冰川加速和海平面上升. 短期融化峰值,而不是稳定的融化,通过增加基底水压,导致更快的冰流.
科学领域:
- 冰川学的冰川学
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 地球系统科学 地球系统科学
背景情况:
- 格陵兰岛的冰层速度正在上升,导致海平面上升.
- 较快的冰流与冰与海洋相互作用和表面融水有关.
- 人们假设化和动态稀释之间存在一个正反循环.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究表面融水变化和冰流动力学之间的关系.
- 确定格陵兰岛加速冰流的主要驱动因素.
- 评估融化驱动的冰损失反机制的有效性.
主要方法:
- 利用模拟通道和腔体基底排水模式之间的动态切换模型.
- 分析了输入水的变化对基底水压的影响.
- 与观察到的冰速变化相关的融水输入模式.
主要成果:
- 冰流加速是由增加的水输入变异性驱动的,而不是平均融化.
- 稳定的高融速率可以通过道化抑制冰流.
- 基础水压的临时峰值,由于白天的融化周期或排水事件,导致加速.
结论:
- 假设的融化/动态稀释反不是普遍可行的.
- 短期融化变化,特别是日间循环,是格陵兰冰层消失的关键驱动因素.
- 了解融水排水动态对于预测未来海平面上升至关重要.
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