DOI: 10.5194/tc-14-1703-2020
论文题名: Horizontal ice flow impacts the firn structure of Greenland's percolation zone
作者: Leone R. ; Harper J. ; Meierbachtol T. ; Humphrey N.
刊名: Cryosphere
ISSN: 19940416
出版年: 2020
卷: 14, 期: 5 起始页码: 1703
结束页码: 1712
语种: 英语
英文关键词: advection
; heat transfer
; ice core
; ice flow
; ice sheet
; infiltration
; meltwater
; percolation
; Arctic
; Greenland
英文摘要: One-dimensional simulations of firn evolution neglect horizontal advection from ice flow, which transports the firn column across climate gradients as it is buried by accumulation. Using a suite of model runs, we demonstrate the impacts of horizontal advection on the development of firn density, temperature, and the stratigraphy of melt features through the Greenland ice sheet percolation zone. The simulations isolate processes in synthetic runs and investigate four specific transects and an ice core site. Relative to onedimensional simulations, the horizontal advection process tends to increase the pore close-off depth, reduce the heat content, and decrease the frequency of melt features with depth by emplacing firn sourced from higher locations under increasingly warm and melt-affected surface conditions. Preservation of the advected pore space and cold content is strongly dependent upon the depth of meltwater infiltration. Horizontal ice flow interacts with topography, climate gradients, and meltwater infiltration to influence the evolution of the firn column structure; the interaction between these variables modulates the impact of horizontal advection on firn at locations around Greenland. Pore close-off and firn temperature are mainly impacted in the lowermost 20 30 km of the percolation zone, which may be relevant to migration of the lower percolation zone. Relatively high in the percolation zone, however, the stratigraphy of melt features can have an advection-derived component that should not be conflated with changing climate. © 2020 Author(s). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/164519
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作者单位: Department of Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, United States; Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, United States
Recommended Citation:
Leone R.,Harper J.,Meierbachtol T.,et al. Horizontal ice flow impacts the firn structure of Greenland's percolation zone[J]. Cryosphere,2020-01-01,14(5)