Observations of turbulence beneath sea ice in southern McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Stevens, C. L., Robinson, N. J., Williams, M. J. M., Haskell, T. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2009
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; McMurdo Sound; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-435-2009; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00029662; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00029617/os-5-435-2009.pdf; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/5/435/2009/os-5-435-2009.pdf

The first turbulence profiler observations beneath land fast sea ice which is directly adjacent to an Antarctic ice shelf are described. The stratification in the 325 m deep water column consisted of a layer of supercooled water in the upper 40 m lying above a quasi-linearly stratified water column...