The influence of an Antarctic glacier tongue on near-field ocean circulation and mixing

• Main Authors: Stevens, CL, McPhee, MG, Forrest, AL, Leonard, GH, Stanton, T, Haskell, TG
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: glacier tongue; Antarctica; ocean mixing; blocking; turbulence; supercooling; Geophysics; Oceanography; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Antarctic; Erebus Glacier; Erebus Glacier Tongue; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8kk25604

In situ measurements of flow and stratification in the vicinity of the Erebus Glacier Tongue, a 12 km long floating Antarctic glacier, show the significant influence of the glacier. Three ADCPs (75, 300, and 600 kHz) were deployed close (<50 m) to the sidewall of the glacier in order to capture n...