Tag: Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Ocean layering controls basal melting beneath Ross Ice Shelf
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in OceanographyWhat the study found The study found a consistently stratified water column beneath the Kamb Ice Stream grounding zone of the Ross Ice Shelf. Warmer inflowing seawater was separated from a colder outflowing mixture of seawater and glacial meltwater, and this layering persisted over the observation period. Why the authors say this matters The authors…
Machine learning can improve ice sheet bed mapping
What the study found The study found that machine learning can enhance analysis of airborne radio-echo sounding data used to map ice-sheet bed topography. The authors highlight uses in denoising radar data, automatically picking radar returns, and improving spatial interpolation and uncertainty quantification. Why the authors say this matters The authors say this matters because…
