Ocean circulation and sea-ice thinning induced by melting ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Jourdain, Nicolas C., Mathiot, Pierre, Merino, Nacho, Durand, Gaël, Le Sommer, Julien, Spence, Paul, Dutrieux, Pierre, Madec, Gurvan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Stanton; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/406146/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/406146/1/jgrc22155.pdf

A 1/12° ocean model configuration of the Amundsen Sea sector is developed to better understand the circulation induced by ice shelf melt and the impacts on the surrounding ocean and sea ice. Eighteen sensitivity experiments to drag and heat exchange coefficients at the ice shelf/ocean interface are...