Monitoring, Simulation and interaction of Changes in Polar Ice-Sheets, Ice-Shelves and Ocean

Dear Colleagues,

The polar regions are very sensitive to climate change and are indicators of the impact of human activities on the global climate. In recent years, rapid ice loss has taken place in the ice sheets and ice shelves, driven by the warming ocean and atmosphere. The entry of a large amount of melt freshwater has brought great changes to the polar ocean. The stability and ice loss of ice sheets/shelves, its contribution to sea level rises, and ice–ocean interactions have always been a focus of wide scientific interest.

A variety of monitoring techniques make it possible to accurately depict the changes in ice sheets/shelves and oceans. The continuous evolution of numerical simulation and ice shelf interaction analysis provides enormous possibilities for an effective tracking and deeper understanding of the response of polar ice sheets/shelves to global climate change. We cordially invite you to contribute by preparing a communication or a full article for this Special Issue, which is dedicated to monitoring, simulating and exploring the changes in polar ice sheet/shelves and the ocean, and their interactions. Relevant themes include but are not limited to the following:

• Ice sheet elevation changes;
• Ice sheet mass changes;
• Surface mass balance over ice sheet;
• Basal melt of ice shelf;
• Surface melt ice sheet;
• Sea-ice thickness changes;
• Changes in polar ocean temperature, salinity and circulation;
• Ice–Ocean interaction under the ice shelf.

Prof. Dr. Zemin Wang
Prof. Dr. Fengming Hui
Dr. Gang Qiao
Dr. Yan Liu
Dr. Baojun Zhang
Topic Editors