Wind-driven processes controlling oceanic heat delivery to the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Main Authors: Dotto, Tiago S., Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Bacon, Sheldon, Holland, Paul R., Kimura, Satoshi, Firing, Yvonne L., Tsamados, Michel, Wåhlin, Anna K., Jenkins, Adrian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Getz; Dotson-Getz Trough; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelves; Pine Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/435901/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/435901/1/Wind_driven_processes_controlling.pdf

Variability in the heat delivery by Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) is responsible for modulating the basal melting of the Amundsen Sea ice shelves. However, the mechanisms controlling the CDW inflow to the region’s continental shelf remain little understood. Here, a high-resolution regional model is u...