Getz Ice Shelf melting response to changes in ocean forcing

• Main Authors: Jacobs, S, Giulivi, C, Dutrieux, P, Rignot, E, Nitsche, F, Mouginot, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2013
• Subjects: Life Below Water; Antarctic; Amundsen; meltwater; thermocline; ice; shelf; Geophysics; Oceanography; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Amundsen Sea; Getz; Getz Ice Shelf; Pacific; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5dh788mw

The large and complex Getz Ice Shelf extends along nearly half of the West Antarctic coastline in the Amundsen Sea and is exposed to a more variable ocean environment than most other Pacific sector ice shelves. Ocean temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen profiles acquired near its sub-ice cavi...