Correlation between Synthetic Aperture Radar Surface Winds and Deep Water Velocity in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Gisela K. Carvajal, Leif E.B. Eriksson, Anna K. Wåhlin, Lars M.H. Ulander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2013
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; surface wind; Synthetic Aperture Radar; ocean; deep water velocity; ERA interim; Envisat ASAR; Science; Q; Asar; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5084088; https://doaj.org/article/e6eb50cb7f204b09ad84d62501e1e0a0

The recent observed thinning of the glacier ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea (Antarctica) has been attributed to warm deep currents, possibly induced by along-coast winds in the vicinity of the glacial ice sheet. Here, high resolution maps of wind fields derived from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) da...