Origin of Circumpolar Deep Water intruding onto the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Sea continental shelves

Upwelling circumpolar deep water (CDW) is destabilising West Antarctic ice shelves, yet offshore pathways and drivers remain unclear. Here, using a regional circulation model, the authors show that pathways are controlled by large-scale atmospheric and ocean circulations.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Yoshihiro Nakayama, Dimitris Menemenlis, Hong Zhang, Michael Schodlok, Eric Rignot
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
Subjects:
Science
Q
Antarctic
Bellingshausen Sea
Antarc*
Ice Shelves
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05813-1
https://doaj.org/article/1b2be94fecd54408846ae25db4febde8
Description
Summary:Upwelling circumpolar deep water (CDW) is destabilising West Antarctic ice shelves, yet offshore pathways and drivers remain unclear. Here, using a regional circulation model, the authors show that pathways are controlled by large-scale atmospheric and ocean circulations.

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