High-latitude oceanography using the Autosub autonomous underwater vehicle

• Main Authors: Nicholls, Keith W., Abrahamsen, E. Povl, Heywood, Karen J., Stansfield, Kate, Osterhus, Svein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 2008
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Glaciology; Ronne Ice Shelf; Fimbul Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/6912/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/6912/1/2309.pdf; http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_53/issue_5_part_2/2309.pdf

A combination of measurements from Autosub, an autonomous underwater vehicle, and ship-based instruments are used to describe the oceanographic conditions beneath Fimbul Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The data show an intricate oceanographic regime that is suggestive of variability at seasonal or longer tim...