Table 1 Ocean heat fluxes

From: Seafloor roughness reduces melting of East Antarctic ice shelves

Region

Heat flux

BedMachine (TW)

SRTM15 (TW)

Difference (TW)/percentage

Whole Shelf

THF

3.62

3.45

−0.17 (5%)

MHF

0.87

1.01

0.14 (16%)

SHF

1.07

1.18

0.11 (10%)

EHF

1.68

1.26

−0.42 (25%)

Ice Shelf

THF

0.33

0.29

−0.04 (12%)

MHF

0.03

0

−0.03 (100%)

SHF

0.14

0.13

−0.01 (7%)

EHF

0.16

0.16

0

  1. Mean heat fluxes (MHF), seasonal heat fluxes (SHF), eddy heat fluxes (EHF) and total heat fluxes (THF) integrated for the whole shelf and the ice shelf boundaries in the BedMachine and SRTM15 simulations. Positive flux value corresponds to heat convergence in the region. Difference is computed as SRTM15 minus BedMachine; percentage is computed with respect to the reference (BedMachine) simulations.
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