Water masses distribution offshore the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica)
Current glacier melt rates in West Antarctica substantially exceed those around the East Antarctic margin. The exception is Wilkes Land, where for example Totten Glacier underwent significant retreat between 2000 and 2012, underlining its sensitivity to climate change. This process is strongly influ...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:277781524fe9429c8d95a581998fcd06 2023-05-15T13:54:00+02:00 Water masses distribution offshore the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica) M. Bensi V. Kovačević F. Donda P. E. O'Brien L. Armbrecht L. K. Armand 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-65-2022 https://doaj.org/article/277781524fe9429c8d95a581998fcd06 EN eng Copernicus Publications https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/65/2022/essd-14-65-2022.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1866-3508 https://doaj.org/toc/1866-3516 doi:10.5194/essd-14-65-2022 1866-3508 1866-3516 https://doaj.org/article/277781524fe9429c8d95a581998fcd06 Earth System Science Data, Vol 14, Pp 65-78 (2022) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-65-2022 2022-12-30T20:21:57Z Current glacier melt rates in West Antarctica substantially exceed those around the East Antarctic margin. The exception is Wilkes Land, where for example Totten Glacier underwent significant retreat between 2000 and 2012, underlining its sensitivity to climate change. This process is strongly influenced by ocean dynamics, which in turn changes in accordance with the evolution of the ice caps. Here, we present new oceanographic data (temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen) collected during austral summer 2017 offshore the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica) from the continental shelf break to ca 3000 m depth. This area is characterized by very few oceanographic in situ observations. The main water masses of the study area, identified by analysing thermohaline properties, are the Antarctic Surface Water with potential temperature <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi mathvariant="italic">θ</mi><mo>></mo><mo>-</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">1.5</mn></mrow></math> <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="44pt" height="10pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="caccfa695506de7927e75b9421089baa"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="essd-14-65-2022-ie00001.svg" width="44pt" height="10pt" src="essd-14-65-2022-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg> ∘ C and salinity S <34.2 ( σ θ <27.55 kg m −3 ), the Winter Water with <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M6" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mo>-</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">1.92</mn><mo><</mo><mi mathvariant="italic">θ</mi><mo><</mo><mo>-</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">1.75</mn></mrow></math> <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="92pt" height="10pt" class="svg-formula" ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica Totten Glacier West Antarctica Wilkes Land Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic Austral East Antarctica Sabrina Coast ENVELOPE(118.550,118.550,-67.000,-67.000) The Antarctic Totten Glacier ENVELOPE(116.333,116.333,-66.833,-66.833) West Antarctica Wilkes Land ENVELOPE(120.000,120.000,-69.000,-69.000) Earth System Science Data 14 1 65 78 |
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Current glacier melt rates in West Antarctica substantially exceed those around the East Antarctic margin. The exception is Wilkes Land, where for example Totten Glacier underwent significant retreat between 2000 and 2012, underlining its sensitivity to climate change. This process is strongly influenced by ocean dynamics, which in turn changes in accordance with the evolution of the ice caps. Here, we present new oceanographic data (temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen) collected during austral summer 2017 offshore the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica) from the continental shelf break to ca 3000 m depth. This area is characterized by very few oceanographic in situ observations. The main water masses of the study area, identified by analysing thermohaline properties, are the Antarctic Surface Water with potential temperature <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi mathvariant="italic">θ</mi><mo>></mo><mo>-</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">1.5</mn></mrow></math> <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="44pt" height="10pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="caccfa695506de7927e75b9421089baa"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="essd-14-65-2022-ie00001.svg" width="44pt" height="10pt" src="essd-14-65-2022-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg> ∘ C and salinity S <34.2 ( σ θ <27.55 kg m −3 ), the Winter Water with <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M6" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mo>-</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">1.92</mn><mo><</mo><mi mathvariant="italic">θ</mi><mo><</mo><mo>-</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">1.75</mn></mrow></math> <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="92pt" height="10pt" class="svg-formula" ... |
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Water masses distribution offshore the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica) |
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Water masses distribution offshore the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica) |
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Water masses distribution offshore the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica) |
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Water masses distribution offshore the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica) |
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