Japanese

Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary (M)
Session Sub-categoryIntersection (IS)
Session IDM-IS10
Session Title Global climate change driven by the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Short Title Southern Ocean and Antarctic Ice sheet
Date & Time Oral
Session		 AM1-PM1 Fri, 31 MAY
On-site
Poster
Coretime		 PM3 Fri, 31 MAY
Main Convener Name Kazuya Kusahara
Affiliation Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Co-Convener 1 Name Takeshige Ishiwa
Affiliation National Institute of Polar Research
Co-Convener 2 Name Ikumi Oyabu
Affiliation National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems
Co-Convener 3 Name Osamu Seki
Affiliation Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Session Language J
Scope (Session Description) The Southern Ocean and Antarctic ice sheet, which are the giant reservoirs of heat, water, and materials, have a potential to play central roles in long-term global climate change. This system is composed of the following sub-systems; ice shelf which is a place of the interaction of ice sheet and ocean, floating iceberg, seasonal sea ice zone, Antarctic bottom water which drives the thermohaline circulation, active biological production and Antarctic Circumpolar Current. These sub-systems are interacted with each other and have a significant impact on changes in the global environmental system. This session aims to summarize recent observational and simulation studies from various fields relating to the past and present changes in the Antarctic Ice sheet and the Southern Ocean, which are essential elements for unraveling the changes in the global climate system. Further, future science plans for understanding the environmental changes of the Antarctic Cryosphere are also discussed.
Presentation Format Oral and Poster
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