How to cite recent ice shelf development?

[knaughten]

Hi everyone,

Sorry to clog up your issues list, I was advised that this was the best way to get a hold of GFDL people during the government shutdown.

I'm writing a paper and one of the points I make in the discussion section is that thermodynamically active ice shelf cavities will likely be included in the next generation of GCMs, since large global ocean models such as NEMO and MOM are developing high-res configurations with cavities.

I understand this is an ongoing part of MOM6 development and was wondering if there was anything I could cite about the ice shelf component, even a technical report or a presentation which is public somewhere?

Many thanks,
Kaitlin Naughten
British Antarctic Survey

[gustavo-marques]

Hi Kaitlin,

Unfortunately, we don't have anything that can be cited in terms of global high-res configurations with cavities using MOM6. @MJHarrison-GFDL has developed a 1/8 degree global setup with cavities + sea ice, but this has not been published yet. I gave a talk using results from this model during the Rising
Coastal Seas on a Warming Earth II, a few years ago:

Marques, G., Harrison, M., Sergienko, O. and Hallberg, R., 2016. Changes in bottom water
formation in the western Ross Sea due to the melting of ice shelves in West Antarctica. Rising
Coastal Seas on a Warming Earth II, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

This presentation is not public, but if making it publicly available would help you, I can do so. Just let me know.

[knaughten]

Hi Gustavo,

Thanks so much for your reply. Since there is nothing formally published yet, how about I just say (Gustavo Marques, personal communication, 2019)? If the reviewers/editor are not satisfied with that, we can look into citing the presentation.

All the best,
Kaitlin

[gustavo-marques]

Hi Kaitlin,
Sounds good.

Best,
Gustavo