Freshwater distributions and water mass structure in the Amundsen Sea Polynya region, Antarctica ... : توزيعات المياه العذبة وهيكل كتلة المياه في منطقة بحر أموندسن بولينيا، أنتاركتيكا ...

• Main Authors: Evan Randall-Goodwin, Michael P. Meredith, Adrian Jenkins, Patricia L. Yager, Robert M. Sherrell, E. Povl Abrahamsen, Ricardo Guerrero, Xiaojun Yuan, Richard A. Mortlock, Kathleen Gavahan, Anne‐Carlijn Alderkamp, Hugh W. Ducklow, Robin Robertson, Sharon Stammerjohn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: OpenAlex 2015
• Subjects: Impacts of Climate Change on Glaciers and Water Availability; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Planetary Sciences; Physical Sciences; Arctic Sea Ice Variability and Decline; Arctic Permafrost Dynamics and Climate Change; Water Availability; Oceanography; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Geology; Sea ice; Ice shelf; Meltwater; Melt pond; Meteoric water; Iceberg; Upwelling; Water mass; Seawater; Antarctic sea ice; Water column; Glacier; Arctic ice pack; Cryosphere; Geomorphology; Groundwater; Geotechnical engineering; Arctic; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Amundsen Sea; Dotson Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Climate change; Ice; ice pack; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.60692/1h6fm-kt025; https://gresis.osc.int//doi/10.60692/1h6fm-kt025

Abstract We present the first densely-sampled hydrographic survey of the Amundsen Sea Polynya (ASP) region, including a detailed characterization of its freshwater distributions. Multiple components contribute to the freshwater budget, including precipitation, sea ice melt, basal ice shelf melt, and...