Fig. 1: Comparison of basal melting and circulation patterns in the cases with and without a basal channel.
From: Ice shelf basal channel shape determines channelized ice-ocean interactions
Distribution of a, c basal melt rate and b, d time-averaged plume (see Methods for its thickness definition) circulation (black arrows; along-slope velocity is also shown by shading) in a, b H0 and c, d H140W8. The white and blue contour lines in (a, c) and (b, d), respectively, indicate the ice shelf draft. In d, the sky blue block at the southern boundary from \(y\) = 8 to 10 km indicates the inflow zone. The orange lines denote the across-slope sections shown in Fig. 2. A reference vector is shown immediately above the contour legend of along-slope velocity.
