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SUMMARY:Some like it hot\, but not icebergs - Claudia Cenedese\, Woods Hol
 e Oceanographic Institution
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CONTACT:Prof. Jerome Neufeld
DESCRIPTION:Mass discharge from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has
  increased dramatically over the last two decades. Iceberg calving account
 s for approximately half of this discharge. Icebergs impact both the regio
 nal and large-scale ocean circulation by altering the stratification. They
  also impact the marine ecosystem by affecting nutrient distribution and c
 arbon cycling. Freshwater input due to iceberg melt has the potential to i
 mpact regional sea-ice distribution and the global overturning circulation
 . Notwithstanding their importance\, our understanding of where and how ic
 ebergs melt is limited and their representation in ocean and climate model
 s is over-simplistic\, in part due to the scarcity of quantitative field d
 ata. As a result\, model-based predictions of iceberg melt rates\, of the 
 fate of the melt water\, and of its impact on the ocean are highly uncerta
 in. The focus of this lecture will be on laboratory experiments investigat
 ing the influence of the ambient flow\, the icebergs’ aspect ratio and t
 he Earth rotation on iceberg melting.\n\nhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/jo
 urnals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/fluid-mechanics-webinar-series
LOCATION:Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series
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