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Recovery of Mass Changes in Antarctic Ice-Sheet based on the Regional Climate Model, RACMO

RACMO 기후 모델에 기반한 남극 빙상 질량 변동의 재현

  • Eom, Jooyoung (Department of earth science education, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Rim, Hyoungrea (Department of earth science education, Pusan National University)
  • 엄주영 (경북대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 임형래 (부산대학교 지구과학교육과)
  • Received : 2020.04.04
  • Accepted : 2020.04.27
  • Published : 2020.04.28
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Abstract

Mass change in the Antarctic Ice Sheet(AIS) is the most important indicator of changes in Earth's climate system including global mean sea level rise that are largely affected by ongoing global warming. In this study, AIS mass variations are examined with satellite gravity data and outputs from a regional climate model. The analysis of gravity data shows that along the coastal region the Western AIS has experienced a continuous and significant ice loss while a slight increasing in the Eastern AIS during the study period (2002.08-2016.08). The temporal and spatial variations in ice mass changes are recovered by a regional climate model, but the recovered amplitudes are much smaller than those of observations. This under-estimation is remarkably resolved by modifying a base flow field for the ice discharge. The recovered estimates based on the ice-flow field can explain about 97% of the rate of mass change in observations before 2009. This implies that changes in ice flow dynamics along the coast line plays a pivotal role in regulating long-term budget of ice mass in AIS.

남극 빙상의 질량 변화는 지구온난화와 관련된 기후 변화와 해수면 상승의 가장 중요한 지표 중 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 위성 중력 자료와 광역 기후 수치 모델을 사용하여, 남극 빙상 질량에 대한 시공간 변화의 특성을 분석하였다. 중력 자료의 분석을 통해 연구 기간(2002.08-2016.08) 동안 지속적으로 남극 빙상의 심각한 질량 손실이 서남극을 중심으로 발생하였음을 확인하였고, 상대적으로 미약한 질량 증가가 동남극에 존재함을 확인하였다. 또한 이들 질량 변동이 해안 지역에 집중되어 있음을 함께 확인하였다. 광역 기후 수치 모델을 사용하여 이러한 질량 변동의 시간적, 공간적 패턴을 유사하게 재현할 수 있었으나, 관측 값에 비해 그 변화 폭이 매우 작았다. 이러한 문제는 빙하의 기저 유출량에 대한 조정을 통해 상당 부분 해결이 되었다. 이 과정에서 재현된 빙상의 질량 변화는 2009년 이전 관측 값의 추세를 97%정도 설명할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과는 빙하 흐름의 역학적 변동이 빙상의 가장 자리를 따라 크게 변하였고, 이러한 변화가 지난 10여 년 동안 남극 빙상의 질량 변화에 크게 영향을 주었다는 것을 의미한다.

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