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Background factors causing significant basal melting in the Shirase Glacier region, East Antarctica

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K12132
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 63010:Environmental dynamic analysis-related
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Polar Research (2021-2023)
Hokkaido University (2020)

Principal Investigator

Hirano Daisuke  国立極地研究所, 南極観測センター, 助教 (30790977)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords東南極 / 白瀬氷河 / 氷床海洋相互作用 / 暖水流入 / 棚氷底面融解
Outline of Research at the Start

近年,南極氷床の質量損失が加速しており,全球海水準の上昇が懸念されている。氷床質量損失を加速させている主な要因は「周囲の海」による棚氷底面融解の促進であり,高精度の海水準変動の将来予測には氷床質量損失に対する海洋の本質的な役割の理解が欠かせない。本研究は,沖合海洋循環も含め,東南極白瀬氷河域での顕著な底面融解をもたらす背景要因を特定し,白瀬氷河域の氷床海洋相互作用の包括的理解を目指す。これは東南極に局在する「暖水流入に伴う顕著な底面融解」が生じている氷床の存在要因の一般性および地域差の抽出に資する知見となり,東南極の氷床質量変動メカニズムの理解向上において極めて重要な基礎的知見となる。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A series of ice-ocean interaction processes in the Shirase Glacier region, East Antarctica, with warm water inflow from offshore, is identified by integrating the results from in-situ and satellite observations and coupled ocean-sea ice-ice shelf modeling. The presence of offshore clockwise circulation and slope jets are considered background factors for the strong ice-ocean interaction in the region. Comparison with other East Antarctic glaciers (Totten Glacier) reveals that while there are regional differences in the bathymetry and ocean circulation around the glacier, the presence of clockwise circulation (gyre and standing eddies) that efficiently transports offshore warm water towards the Antarctic continent is one of the key background factors on the open ocean leading to localized warm-water inflows into the cold East Antarctic continental shelf and then intense basal melting of the ice shelf.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

南極氷床の質量損失を加速させている主要因は「周囲の海」による棚氷底面の融解促進であり、精度の高い海水準変動の将来予測には氷床質量損失に対する海洋の本質的役割の理解が不可欠である。西南極と比べ、東南極では特に沖合起源暖水による棚氷底面融解プロセスやその背景要因に関する知見は乏しく、理解が大きく遅れていたが、暖水流入を伴う東南極・白瀬氷河域での顕著な底面融解プロセスとその背景要因を提示した本課題の成果はIPCC第6次報告書にも引用されるなど、東南極氷床―海洋相互作用研究の進展に貢献した。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (36 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (8 results) Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (19 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] British Antarctic Survey(英国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Tasmania(オーストラリア)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] British Antarctic Survey(英国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Tasmania(オーストラリア)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] British Antarctic Survey(英国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Tasmania(オーストラリア)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] British Antarctic Survey(英国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Tasmania(オーストラリア)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Modeling seasonal-to-decadal ocean?cryosphere interactions along the Sabrina Coast, East Antarctica2024

    • Author(s)
      Kusahara Kazuya、Hirano Daisuke、Fujii Masakazu、Fraser Alexander D.、Tamura Takeshi、Mizobata Kohei、Williams Guy D.、Aoki Shigeru
    • Journal Title

      The Cryosphere

      Volume: 18 Issue: 1 Pages: 43-73

    • DOI

      10.5194/tc-18-43-2024

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] On-shelf circulation of warm water toward the Totten Ice Shelf in East Antarctica2023

    • Author(s)
      Hirano Daisuke、Tamura Takeshi、Kusahara Kazuya、Fujii Masakazu、Yamazaki Kaihe、Nakayama Yoshihiro、Ono Kazuya、Itaki Takuya、Aoyama Yuichi、Simizu Daisuke、Mizobata Kohei、Ohshima Kay I.、Nogi Yoshifumi、Rintoul Stephen R.、van Wijk Esmee、Greenbaum Jamin S.、Blankenship Donald D.、Saito Koji、Aoki Shigeru
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Pages: 4955-4955

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-023-39764-z

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Warm surface waters increase Antarctic ice shelf melt and delay dense water formation2022

    • Author(s)
      Aoki Shigeru、Takahashi Tomoki、Yamazaki Kaihe、Hirano Daisuke、Ono Kazuya、Kusahara Kazuya、Tamura Takeshi、Williams Guy D.
    • Journal Title

      Communications Earth & Environment

      Volume: 3 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1038/s43247-022-00456-z

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Impacts of basal melting of the Totten Ice Shelf and biological productivity on marine biogeochemical components in Sabrina Coast, East Antarctica2022

    • Author(s)
      Tamura Tetsuya P.、Nomura Daiki、Hirano Daisuke、Tamura Takeshi、Kiuchi Masaaki、Hashida Gen、Makabe Ryosuke、Ono Kazuya、Ushio Shuki、Yamazaki Kaihe、Nakayama Yoshihiro、Takahashi Keigo D.、Sasaki Hiroko、Murase Hiroto、Aoki Shigeru
    • Journal Title

      Global Biogeochemical Cycles

      Volume: in press Issue: 9

    • DOI

      10.1029/2022gb007510

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The effect of basal melting of the Shirase Glacier Tongue on the CO 2 system in L?tzow‐Holm Bay, East Antarctica2021

    • Author(s)
      Kiuchi Masaaki、Nomura Daiki、Hirano Daisuke、Tamura Takeshi、Hashida Gen、Ushio Shuki、Simizu Daisuke、Ono Kazuya、Aoki Shigeru
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

      Volume: - Issue: 5

    • DOI

      10.1029/2020jg005762

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Shoreward intrusion of oceanic surface waters alters physical and biological ocean structures on the Antarctic continental shelf during winter: Observations from instrumented seals2021

    • Author(s)
      Kokubun Nobuo、Tanabe Yukiko、Hirano Daisuke、Mensah Vigan、Tamura Takeshi、Aoki Shigeru、Takahashi Akinori
    • Journal Title

      Limnology and Oceanography

      Volume: 66 Issue: 10 Pages: 3740-3753

    • DOI

      10.1002/lno.11914

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Modeling intensive ocean-cryosphere interactions in Luzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica2021

    • Author(s)
      Kusahara Kazuya、Hirano Daisuke、Fujii Masakazu、Fraser Alexander D.、Tamura Takeshi
    • Journal Title

      The Cryosphere

      Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Pages: 1697-1717

    • DOI

      10.5194/tc-15-1697-2021

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Strong ice-ocean interaction beneath Shirase Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica2020

    • Author(s)
      Hirano Daisuke、Tamura Takeshi、Kusahara Kazuya、Ohshima Kay I.、Nicholls Keith W.、Ushio Shuki、Simizu Daisuke、Ono Kazuya、Fujii Masakazu、Nogi Yoshifumi、Aoki Shigeru
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-020-17527-4

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 東南極における海域ー陸域シームレス堆積物掘削研究の展望2020

    • Author(s)
      菅沼 悠介, 石輪 健樹, 川又 基人, 奥野 淳一, 香月 興太, 板木 拓也, 関 宰, 金田 平太郎, 松井 浩紀, 羽田 裕貴, 藤井 昌和, 平野 大輔
    • Journal Title

      地学雑誌

      Volume: 129 Pages: 591-610

    • NAID

      130007938997

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Mid-Holocene retreat of ice shelves off Totten Glacier, East Antarctica2023

    • Author(s)
      Itaki, T., Y. Suganuma, O. Seki, T. Omori, A. Amano, T. Ishiwa, Y. Suzuki, S. Owari, Y. Haneda, K. Sekie, Y. Yamazaki, D. Hirano, M. Ikehara, S. Aoki
    • Organizer
      INSTANT2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Poleward transport of mCDW mediated by standing eddies in Southern Ocean Indian Sector2023

    • Author(s)
      Mizobata, K., D. Hirano, K. Kusahara, S. Aoki, R. Makabe and T. Tamura
    • Organizer
      Southern Ocean Observing System Symposium
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Outcomes of Research of Ocean-ice BOundary InTeraction and Change around Antarctica (ROBOTICA)2023

    • Author(s)
      Aoki, S. and Team ROBOTICA
    • Organizer
      Southern Ocean Observing System Symposium
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Revisiting circulation and water masses over the East Antarctic margin (80-150°E)2023

    • Author(s)
      Yamazaki., K, K. Katsumata, D. Hirano, D. Nomura, H. Sasaki, H. Murase, S. Aoki
    • Organizer
      Southern Ocean Observing System Symposium
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Deep and shallow warm water intrusion on the continental shelf off East Antarctic coasts2023

    • Author(s)
      Aoki, S., T. Tamura, and Team ROBOTICA
    • Organizer
      2nd International Symposium on Polar Ocean and Global Change
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 海底地形に制約された完新世の東南極トッテン氷床変動2023

    • Author(s)
      板木拓也,菅沼悠介,関宰, 大森貴之,石輪健樹,奥野淳一,中山佳洋,小長谷貴志,天野敦子,清家弘治,山本正伸,平野大輔,藤井昌和,鈴木克明,尾張聡子,池原実,阿部彩子,青木茂
    • Organizer
      日本地質学会第130年学術大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 東南極トッテン棚氷周辺海域における棚氷-海洋相互作用に関する数値モデリング2023

    • Author(s)
      草原 和弥, 平野 大輔, 藤井 昌和, 田村 岳史, 溝端 浩平, 青木 茂
    • Organizer
      雪氷研究大会2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Modeling ocean-cryosphere interactions along the Sabrina Coast2023

    • Author(s)
      Kusahara, K., D. Hirano, M. Fujii, A.D. Fraser, T. Tamura, K. Mizobata, G.D. Williams, S. Aoki
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2023年大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] On-Shelf Circulation of Warm Water Toward the Totten Ice Shelf, East Antarctica2022

    • Author(s)
      Daisuke Hirano, Takeshi Tamura, Kazuya Kusahara, Masakazu Fujii, Kaihe Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Kazuya Ono, Takuya Itaki, Yuichi Aoyama, Daisuke Simizu, Kohei Mizobata, Kay I. Ohshima, Yoshifumi Nogi, Stephen R. Rintoul, Esmee van Wijk, Jamin S. Greenbaum, Donald D. Blankenship, Shigeru Aoki
    • Organizer
      JpGU Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Shoreward intrusion of oceanic surface waters alters physical and biological ocean structures on the Antarctic continental shelf during winter: Observations from instrumented seals2022

    • Author(s)
      Kokubun, N., Y. Tanabe, D. Hirano, V. Mensah, T. Tamura, S. Aoki, and A. Takahashi
    • Organizer
      10th SCAR Open Science Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 東南極における氷床海洋相互作用の観測研究2022

    • Author(s)
      平野大輔
    • Organizer
      日本地質学会第129年学術大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 東南極トッテン棚氷周辺海域の海洋-海氷-棚氷数値モデリング2022

    • Author(s)
      草原 和弥、平野 大輔、藤井 昌和、田村 岳史、溝端 浩平、青木 茂
    • Organizer
      日本海洋学会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Abrupt Holocene ice-sheet retreat in Lutzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica2021

    • Author(s)
      Y. Suganuma, Y. Haneda, T. Itaki, O. Seki, T. Ishiwa, M. Kawamata, M. Fujii, K. Kusahara, D. Hirano, M. Iwai, Y. Kato, H. Matsui, A. Amano, K. Katsuki, T. Omori, M. Hirabayashi, H. Matsuzaki, T. Yamagata, M. Ito, S. Sugiyama, N. Nishida, J. Okuno, M. Ikehara, H. Miura
    • Organizer
      JpGU
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Summer carbonate chemistry near the Totten Ice Shelf, Sabrina Coast, East Antarctica2021

    • Author(s)
      Tetsuya Tamura, Daiki Nomura, Daisuke Hirano, Takeshi Tamura, Masaaki Kiuchi, Gen Hashida, Shigeru Aoki, Hiroko Sasaki, Hiroto Murase
    • Organizer
      JpGU
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Spatiotemporal high-resolution mapping of biological production in the Southern Ocean2021

    • Author(s)
      Xiangxing Lai, Xianliang Pan, Bofeng Li, Ryosuke Makabe, Daisuke Hirano, Yutaka Watanabe
    • Organizer
      The 12nd Symposium on Polar research
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Heart of the East AnTarctic CRyosphere-Ocean Synergy System (HEAT-CROSS)2020

    • Author(s)
      Mizobata, K., T. Tamura, D. Hirano, R. Makabe
    • Organizer
      The 11st Symposium on Polar research
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Cosmonaut Sea Meso-scale Oceanic Structure Survey (CoSMOSS)2020

    • Author(s)
      Aoki, S., D. Hirano, T. Tamura, K. Mizobata, K. Kusahara
    • Organizer
      The 11st Symposium on Polar research
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Modeling warm water intrusion into Lutzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica2020

    • Author(s)
      草原 和弥,平野 大輔,藤井 昌和,Fraser Alexander,田村 岳史
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ウェッデルアザラシによる冬期南極海沿岸の海洋観測2020

    • Author(s)
      國分 亙彦,田邊 優貴子,田村 岳史,Vigan Mensah,平野 大輔,青木 茂
    • Organizer
      日本海洋学会2020年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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