Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3418503m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 18, CiteID L18503
Physics
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Cryosphere: Ice Streams, Cryosphere: Ice Shelves, Cryosphere: Glaciology (1621, 1827, 1863)
Scientific paper
For over 2-years we have collected GPS data ~40 km upstream of the grounding line on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica. Here we examine deviations from mean downstream flow. Although the record is incomplete during winter, there is clear modulation of flow at semi-diurnal, diurnal, two-weekly, semi-annual, and annual ocean tidal frequencies. This is the first observation of ice stream flow variations over such a long time-period, and such a wide range of frequencies. The ice stream flows fastest at equinoxes when there are two semi-diurnal tides of equal magnitude, and slowest at solstices when one of the semi-diurnal tides has lower amplitude. The sensitivity of the downstream flow is greatest to the long-period forcing, which suggests that ice stream velocity may be affected by future changes in sea level. If so, this effect would provide a feedback whereby rising sea levels could increase ice stream velocity and hence discharge.
King Matt A.
Murray Tavi
Smith Matthew A.
Weedon Graham P.
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