Oceanographic controls on the variability of ice-shelf basal melting and circulation of glacial meltwater in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Other Authors: Kimura, Satoshi (author), Jenkins, Adrian (author), Regan, Heather (author), Holland, Paul R. (author), Assmann, Karen M. (author), Whitt, Daniel B. (author), Van Wessem, Melchoir (author), van de Berg, Willem Jan (author), Reijmer, Carleen H. (author), Dutrieux, Pierre (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Austral; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Pine Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012926

Ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea Embayment have thinned, accelerating the seaward flow of ice sheets upstream over recent decades. This imbalance is caused by an increase in the ocean-driven melting of the ice shelves. Observations and models show that the ocean heat content reaching the ice shelves...