Seasonality of warm water intrusions onto the continental shelf near the Totten glacier

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Silvano, Alessandro, Rintoul, Stephen R., Kusahara, Kazuya, Peña‐Molino, Beatriz, Wijk, Esmee, Gwyther, David E., Williams, Guy D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Austral; Totten Glacier; Sabrina Coast; Eastern Entrance; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Totten Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/469725/

Warm Modified Circumpolar Deep Water (MCDW) from the Southern Ocean drives rapid basal melt of the Totten Ice Shelf on the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica), affecting the mass balance of the grounded Totten Glacier. Recent observations show that MCDW intrudes onto the continental shelf through a depr...