Etude de l'impact des icebergs Antarctiques sur l'Océan Austral

• Main Author: Bouhier, Nicolas
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French; English
• Published: Université de Bretagne occidentale 2017
• Subjects: ntarctique; Calotte polaire; Plate-forme glaciaire; Océan austral; Flux d’eau douce; Télédétection; Banquise; Fonte; Fracturation; Distribution de taille; Antarctica; Ice cap; Ice shelf; Southern Ocean; Iceberg; Freshwater flux; Remote sensing; Sea ice; Melting; Fragmentation; Fracturing; Size distribution; Antarctic; Austral; Austral Ocean; The Antarctic; Vêlage; Antarc*; Antarctique*; banquise; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Polar Ice Cap
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00497/60905/64253.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00497/60905/

The Antarctic polar ice cap constrains a freshwater flaux into the Austral Ocean through two equally important pathways : a localized and immediate injection through the melting of ice-shelves bases, and a delayed offshore injection through the calving and subsequent melt of icebergs. Some studies r...