南极的分娩损失与冰架的稀薄相美
Chad A Greene1, Alex S Gardner2, Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel2
1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. chad@chadagreene.com.
Nature
|August 10, 2022
概括
南极洲
科学领域:
- 冰川学与气候科学
- 地球观测和遥感
背景情况:
- 南极冰架调节冰川流入海洋,影响全球海平面上升.
- 在过去,有限的数据阻碍了大规模监测冰架动态和产卵影响.
研究的目的:
- 创建一个全面的,泛南极冰架海岸线记录,并评估自1997年以来的变化.
- 量化冰架稀疏和脱落对支和未来海平面上升的影响.
主要方法:
- 多传感器光学和雷达卫星数据的整合.
- 从1997年到2021年,生成空间连续的,年分辨率的南极海岸线.
- 模拟海岸线演变对冰架支的影响.
主要成果:
- 在1997年至2021年间,南极冰架的净损失为36,701±1,465平方公里.
- 冰面退缩和冰架变薄的质量损失大致相同,总量几乎是高度测量的两倍.
- 自2007年以来, 产卵和稀释也同样减少了冰架的支.
结论:
- 南极冰架地区正在经历显著的净损失,
- 由于稀疏和退缩而造成的质量损失几乎是高度测量估计的两倍.
- 持续的冰架退缩将越来越多地导致全球海平面上升.
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