DETECTING MELTWATER IN THE AMUNDSEN SEA POLYNYA REGION, WEST ANTARCTICA

• Main Author: Randall-Goodwin, Evan
• Other Authors: Stammerjohn, Sharon S
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2012
• Subjects: Physical oceanography; Amundsen Sea; Circumpolar Deep Water; Dotson Ice Shelf; iceberg; meltwater; polynya; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9th0d8xv

The Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition (ASPIRE) (Dec 2010 - Jan 2011) investigated high latitude (71-75S, 110-120W) ocean dynamics to better understand the polynya's high biological production. Hydrographic and dFe data from Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) measurements...