Antarctic Slope Current Modulates Ocean Heat Intrusions Towards Totten Glacier

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Nakayama, Yoshihiro, Greene, Chad A., Paolo, Fernando S., Mensah, Vigan, Zhang, Hong, Kashiwase, Haruhiko, Simizu, Daisuke, Greenbaum, Jamin S., Blankenship, Donald D., Abe-Ouchi, Ayako, Aoki, Shigeru
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; ice shelf; ocean heat intrusions; Antarctic slope current; ocean modeling; ice shelf-ocean interaction; 450; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Totten Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Totten Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/82927; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094149

The Totten ice shelf (TIS) in East Antarctica has received increasing attention in recent years due to high basal melt rates, which have been linked to a presence of warm modified Circumpolar Deep Water (mCDW) observed at the ice front. We show that mCDW on-shelf intrusions towards the TIS strengthe...