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Tournadre Jean, Girard-Ardhuin Fanny, Legrésy Benoit, |
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Antarctic icebergs distributions, 20022010
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2012 |
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans |
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117 |
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altimetry, climatology, freshwater, icebergs, 0732 Icebergs, 0758 Remote sensing, |
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Interest for icebergs and their possible impact on southern ocean circulation and biology has increased during the recent years. While large tabular icebergs are routinely tracked and monitored using scatterometer data, the distribution of smaller icebergs (less than some km) is still largely unknown as they are difficult to detect operationally using conventional satellite data. In a recent study, Tournadre et al. (2008) showed that small icebergs can be detected, at least in open water, using high resolution (20 Hz) altimeter waveforms. In the present paper, we present an improvement of their method that allows, assuming a constant iceberg freeboard elevation and constant ice backscatter coefficient, to estimate the top-down iceberg surface area and therefore the distribution of the volume of ice on a monthly basis. The complete Jason-1 reprocessed (version C) archive covering the 20022010 period has been processed using this method. The small iceberg data base for the southern ocean gives an unprecedented description of the small iceberg (100 m2800 m) distribution at unprecedented time and space resolutions. The iceberg size, which follows a lognormal distribution with an overall mean length of 630 m, has a strong seasonal cycle reflecting the melting of icebergs during the austral summer estimated at 1.5 m/day. The total volume of ice in the southern ocean has an annual mean value of about 400 Gt, i.e., about 35% of the mean yearly volume of large tabular icebergs estimated from the National Ice Center database of 19792003 iceberg tracks and a model of iceberg thermodynamics. They can thus play a significant role in the injection of meltwater in the ocean. The distribution of ice volume which has strong seasonal cycle presents a very high spatial and temporal variability which is much contrasted in the three ocean basins (South Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans). The analysis of the relationship between small and large (>5 km) icebergs shows that a majority of small icebergs are directly associated with the large ones but that there are vast regions, such as the eastern branch of the Wedell Gyre, where the transport of ice is made only through the smaller ones.
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White J.W.C., Barlow L.K., Fisher D., Grootes P., Jouzel J., Johnsen S.J., Stuiver M. & Clausen H. |
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The climate signal in the stable isotope of Summit, Greenland snow: results of comparisons with modern climate observations. |
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1997 |
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Journal of geophysical research-atmospheres |
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J. Geophys. Res. |
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102 |
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c12 |
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Yiou F., Raisbeck G.M., Baumgartner S., Beer J., Hammer C., Johnsen S., Jouzel J., Kubik P.W., Lestringuez J., Stievenard M., Suter & Yiou P. |
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10Be in the greenland Ice Core Project ice core at Summit Greenland. |
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1997 |
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Journal of geophysical research-atmospheres |
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J. Geophys. Res. |
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102 |
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c12 |
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26783-26794 |
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Jouzel J. et al. |
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On the validity of temperature reconstruction from water isotopes in ice cores. |
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1997 |
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Journal of geophysical research-atmospheres |
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J. Geophys. Res. |
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102 |
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c12 |
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26471-26487 |
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Raynaud D., Chappellaz J., Ritz C. & Martinerie P. |
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Air content along the GRIP core: A record of surface climatic parameters and elevation in central Greenland. |
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1997 |
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Journal of geophysical research-atmospheres |
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J. Geophys. Res. |
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102 |
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c12 |
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26607-26614 |
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Molines J.M., Le Provost C., Lyard F., Ray R.D., Shum C.K. & Eanes R.J. |
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Tidal corrections in the TOPEX/POSEIDON geophysical data records. |
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1994 |
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Journal of geophysical research-atmospheres |
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J. Geophys. Res. |
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24749-24760 |
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Legrand M., Hammer C., De Angelis M., Savarino J., Delmas R., Clausen H. & Johnsen S.J. |
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Sulphur containing species(methane sulfonate and SO4) over the last climatic cycle in the Greenland Ice Core Project(central Greenland) ice core. |
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1997 |
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Journal of geophysical research-atmospheres |
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J. Geophys. Res. |
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102 |
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c12 |
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26663-26680 |
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Johnsen S.J., Clausen H.B., Dansgaaard W., Gundestrup N.S., Hammer C.U., Anderssen K.K., Hvidberg C., Dahl Jensen J.P., & Steffenssen A. |
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The d18 O record along the GRIP deep ice core and the problem of possible Eemian climatic instability. |
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1997 |
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Journal of geophysical research-atmospheres |
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J. Geophys. Res. |
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102 |
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c12 |
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26397-26410 |
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Yiou P., Fuhrer K., Meeker L.D., Jouzel J., Johnsen S.J. & Mayewski P.A. |
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Paleoclimatic variability inferred from the spectral anlysis of Greenland and Antarctic ice core data. |
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1997 |
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Journal of geophysical research-atmospheres |
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J. Geophys. Res. |
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102 |
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c12 |
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26441-26454 |
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Massom Robert A, Giles A Barry, Fricker Helen A, Warner Roland C, Legrsy Benoit, Hyland Glenn, Young Neal, Fraser Alexander D, |
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Examining the interaction between multi-year landfast sea ice and the Mertz Glacier Tongue, East Antarctica: Another factor in ice sheet stability?
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2010 |
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J. Geophys. Res. |
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J. Geophys. Res. |
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115 |
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C12 |
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C12027 - |
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fast ice, ice sheet, interaction, 0776 Cryosphere: Glaciology, 0750 Cryosphere: Sea ice, 0728 Cryosphere: Ice shelves, 0732 Cryosphere: Icebergs, |
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The Mertz Glacier tongue (MGT), East Antarctica, has a large area of multi-year fast sea ice (MYFI) attached to its eastern edge. We use various satellite data sets to study the extent, age, and thickness of the MYFI and how it interacts with the MGT. We estimate its age to be at least 25 years and its thickness to be 10–55 m; this is an order of magnitude thicker than the average regional sea-ice thickness and too thick to be formed through sea-ice growth alone. We speculate that the most plausible process for its growth after initial formation is marine (frazil) ice accretion. The satellite data provide two types of evidence for strong mechanical coupling between the two types of ice: The MYFI moves with the MGT, and persistent rifts that originate in the MGT continue to propagate for large distances into the MYFI. The area of MYFI decreased by 50% following the departure of two large tabular icebergs that acted as pinning points and protective barriers. Future MYFI extent will be affected by subsequent icebergs from the Ninnis Glacier and the imminent calving of the MGT. Fast ice is vulnerable to changing atmospheric and oceanic conditions, and its disappearance may have an influence on ice tongue/ice shelf stability. Understanding the influence of thick MYFI on floating ice tongues/ice shelves may be significant to understanding the processes that control their evolution and how these respond to climate change, and thus to predicting the future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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AGU |
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