Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review

• Main Authors: Dinniman, Michael, Asay-Davis, Xylar, Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin, Holland, Paul, Jenkins, Adrian, Timmermann, Ralph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Rockville, MD : The Oceanography Society 2016
• Subjects: ocean circulation beneath; circumpolar deep-water; shelf melt rates; continental-shelf; west antarctica; sea; sheet; glacier; driven; impact; 550; Antarctic; Buttress; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/10004; https://doi.org/10.34657/9042

The most rapid loss of ice from the Antarctic Ice Sheet is observed where ice streams flow into the ocean and begin to float, forming the great Antarctic ice shelves that surround much of the continent. Because these ice shelves are floating, their thinning does not greatly influence sea level. Howe...