Ocean circulation and sea-ice thinning induced by melting ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Jourdain, Nicolas C., Mathiot, Pierre, Merino, Nacho, Durand, Gaël, Le Sommer, Julien, Spence, Paul, Dutrieux, Pierre, Madec, Gurvan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Stanton; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516291/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516291/1/jgrc22155.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012509

A 1/12° ocean model configuration of the Amundsen Sea sector is developed to better understand the circulation induced by ice-shelf melt and the impacts on the surrounding ocean and sea ice. Eighteen sensitivity experiments to drag and heat exchange coefficients at the ice shelf/ocean interface are...