Study of the impact of Antarctic icebergs on the Southern Ocean

• Main Author: Bouhier, Nicolas
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Bretagne occidentale - Brest, Jean Tournadre, Frédérique Rémy
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: Antarctica; Ice cap; Ice shelf; Southern Ocean; Iceberg; Freshwater flux; Remote sensing; Sea ice; Melting; Fragmentation; Fracturing; Size distribution; Antarctique; Calotte polaire; Plate-forme glaciaire; Océan austral; Flux d’eau douce; Télédétection; Banquise; Fonte; Fracturation; Distribution de taille; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Austral Ocean; Vêlage; Antarc*; Antarctique*; banquise; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Polar Ice Cap
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-01799200; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01799200/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01799200/file/These-2017-SML-Oceanographie_physique-BOUHIER_Nicolas.pdf

The Antarctic polar ice cap constrains a freshwater flaux into the Austral Ocean through two equally important pathways : a localized and immediate injection through the melting of ice-shelves bases, and a delayed offshore injection through the calving and subsequent melt of icebergs. Some studies r...