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Stratified suppression of turbulence in an ice shelf basal melt parameterisation
Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Australian Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Madelaine G. Rosevear
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Adele K. Morrison
Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Andrew McC. Hogg
Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Australian Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Yoshihiro Nakayama
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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Short summary
Ocean models are used to understand how the ocean interacts with the Antarctic Ice Sheet, but they are too coarse in resolution to capture the small-scale ocean processes driving melting and require a parameterisation to predict melt. Previous parameterisations ignore key processes occurring in some regions of Antarctica. We develop a parameterisation with the feedback of stratification on melting and test it in idealised and regional ocean models, finding changes to melt rate and circulation.
Ocean models are used to understand how the ocean interacts with the Antarctic Ice Sheet, but...
