Fig. 2: Evolution of the vertical structure of the ice shelf—ocean boundary current (ISOBC) within a channel.
From: Ice shelf basal channel shape determines channelized ice-ocean interactions
Across-slope distribution of time-averaged a, d, g buoyancy (i.e., the reduced gravity as defined in Methods), b, e, h along-slope velocity, and c, f, i across-slope velocity in H140W8 at \(x\) = a–c 6, d–f 30, and g–i 60 km (orange lines in Fig. 1d). In i, the blue arrow indicates the presence of a topographic recirculation adjacent to the western flank of channel. The ice base in each plot is marked by the yellow line, and the model grid by the mesh. The staircase-like patterns adjacent to the ice base are artifacts of the structured \(z\) grid in our ISOBC model.
