The role of eddies and topography in the export of shelf waters from the West Antarctic Peninsula shelf

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Brearley, J.A., Moffat, C., Venables, H.J., Meredith, M.P., Dinniman, D.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; West Antarctica; Marguerite; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525558/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525558/1/Brearley_et_al-2019-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Oceans.pdf; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018JC014679

Oceanic heat strongly influences the glaciers and ice shelves along West Antarctica. Prior studies show that the subsurface onshore heat flux from the Southern Ocean on the shelf occurs through deep, glacially carved channels. The mechanisms enabling the export of colder shelf waters to the open oce...