Antarctic sub-shelf melt rates via PICO

Reese, Ronja; Albrecht, Torsten; Mengel, Matthias; Asay-Davis, Xylar; Winkelmann, Ricarda

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1969-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1969-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1969-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

Research article

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12 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 12 Jun 2018

Antarctic sub-shelf melt rates via PICO

Ronja Reese, Torsten Albrecht, Matthias Mengel, Xylar Asay-Davis, and Ricarda Winkelmann

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RC1: 'A simple physically-based ocean-ice shelf coupler', Frank Pattyn, 24 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Review in pdf supplement', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Aug 2017
AC1: 'Detailed response to the editor and reviewers on manuscript tc-2017-70', Ronja Reese, 15 Nov 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Ronja Reese on behalf of the Authors (20 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Nov 2017) by Eric Larour

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Jan 2018)

ED: Publish as is (09 Feb 2018) by Eric Larour

AR by Ronja Reese on behalf of the Authors (28 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Floating ice shelves surround most of Antarctica and ocean-driven melting at their bases is a major reason for its current sea-level contribution. We developed a simple model based on a box model approach that captures the vertical ocean circulation generally present in ice-shelf cavities and allows simulating melt rates in accordance with physical processes beneath the ice. We test the model for all Antarctic ice shelves and find that melt rates and melt patterns agree well with observations.