Ocean mixing beneath Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, West Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Kimura, Satoshi, Jenkins, Adrian, Dutrieux, Pierre, Forryan, Alexander, Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Firing, Yvonne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/405807/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/405807/1/PIG_micro_ver07_AGU.pdf; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/405807/2/Kimura_et_al-2016-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Oceans.pdf

Ice shelves around Antarctica are vulnerable to an increase in ocean-driven melting, with the melt rate depending on ocean temperature and the strength of flow inside the ice-shelf cavities. We present measurements of velocity, temperature, salinity, turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate, and th...