Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the role of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves
The Amundsen Sea is a key region of Antarctica where ocean, atmosphere, sea ice, and ice sheet interact. For much of Antarctica, the relatively warm water of the open Southern Ocean (a few degrees above freezing) does not reach the Antarctic continental shelf in large volumes under current climate c...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:404902 2023-08-27T04:03:50+02:00 Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the role of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves Heywood, Karen Biddle, Louise Boehme, Lars Dutrieux, Pierre Fedak, Michael Jenkins, Adrian Jones, Richard Kaiser, Jan Mallett, Helen Naveira Garabato, Alberto Renfrew, Ian Stevens, David Webber, Benjamin 2016-12 text https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/404902/ https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/404902/1/29-4_heywood.pdf en English eng https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/404902/1/29-4_heywood.pdf Heywood, Karen, Biddle, Louise, Boehme, Lars, Dutrieux, Pierre, Fedak, Michael, Jenkins, Adrian, Jones, Richard, Kaiser, Jan, Mallett, Helen, Naveira Garabato, Alberto, Renfrew, Ian, Stevens, David and Webber, Benjamin (2016) Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the role of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves. Oceanography, 29 (4), 118-129. (doi:10.5670/oceanog.2016.104 <http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.104>). Article PeerReviewed 2016 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.104 2023-08-03T22:22:06Z The Amundsen Sea is a key region of Antarctica where ocean, atmosphere, sea ice, and ice sheet interact. For much of Antarctica, the relatively warm water of the open Southern Ocean (a few degrees above freezing) does not reach the Antarctic continental shelf in large volumes under current climate conditions. However, in the Amundsen Sea, warm water penetrates onto the continental shelf and provides heat that can melt the underside of the area’s floating ice shelves, thinning them. Here, we discuss how the ocean’s role in melting has come under increased scrutiny, present 2014 observations from the Amundsen Sea, and discuss their implications, highlighting aspects where understanding is still incomplete. Article in Journal/Newspaper Amundsen Sea Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelves Sea ice Southern Ocean University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Amundsen Sea Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Oceanography 29 4 118 129 |
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The Amundsen Sea is a key region of Antarctica where ocean, atmosphere, sea ice, and ice sheet interact. For much of Antarctica, the relatively warm water of the open Southern Ocean (a few degrees above freezing) does not reach the Antarctic continental shelf in large volumes under current climate conditions. However, in the Amundsen Sea, warm water penetrates onto the continental shelf and provides heat that can melt the underside of the area’s floating ice shelves, thinning them. Here, we discuss how the ocean’s role in melting has come under increased scrutiny, present 2014 observations from the Amundsen Sea, and discuss their implications, highlighting aspects where understanding is still incomplete. |
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Heywood, Karen Biddle, Louise Boehme, Lars Dutrieux, Pierre Fedak, Michael Jenkins, Adrian Jones, Richard Kaiser, Jan Mallett, Helen Naveira Garabato, Alberto Renfrew, Ian Stevens, David Webber, Benjamin Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the role of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves |
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Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the role of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves |
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Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the role of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves |
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Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the role of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves |
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https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/404902/1/29-4_heywood.pdf Heywood, Karen, Biddle, Louise, Boehme, Lars, Dutrieux, Pierre, Fedak, Michael, Jenkins, Adrian, Jones, Richard, Kaiser, Jan, Mallett, Helen, Naveira Garabato, Alberto, Renfrew, Ian, Stevens, David and Webber, Benjamin (2016) Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the role of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves. Oceanography, 29 (4), 118-129. (doi:10.5670/oceanog.2016.104 <http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.104>). |
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