Hydrography and circulation in the vicinity of the central Getz Ice Shelf: two years of mooring observations

• Main Authors: Dundas, Vår, Darelius, Elin, Daae, Kjersti, Steiger, Nadine, Nakayama, Yoshihiro, Kim, Tae-Wan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Carney Island; Getz; Getz Ice Shelf; Siple; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-2022-13; https://os.copernicus.org/preprints/os-2022-13/

Ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea are thinning rapidly as ocean currents bring warm water into the cavities beneath the floating ice. While the reported melt rates for the Getz ice shelf are comparatively low for the region, its size makes it one of the largest freshwater sources around Antarctica, wi...