Characterizing physical properties and ocean currents in the eastern Ross Sea, Antarctica
Rising concerns of global warming and climate change warrant further research in the seas surrounding the Antarctic continent. The eastern Ross Sea (ERS) is an ideal location to study changing properties of water masses transported by a major ocean current: the Antarctic Slope Current (ASC). Glacier...
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fttexasamuniv:oai:oaktrust.library.tamu.edu:1969.1/154445 2023-07-16T03:51:40+02:00 Characterizing physical properties and ocean currents in the eastern Ross Sea, Antarctica Genest, Genevieve Orsi, Alejandro H 2015-06-30T14:01:56Z application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/154445 unknown https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/154445 climate change oceanography Ross Sea Antarctica Thesis text 2015 fttexasamuniv 2023-06-27T22:29:36Z Rising concerns of global warming and climate change warrant further research in the seas surrounding the Antarctic continent. The eastern Ross Sea (ERS) is an ideal location to study changing properties of water masses transported by a major ocean current: the Antarctic Slope Current (ASC). Glaciers in the Amundsen Sea farther upstream have experienced increased melting over the past two decades, which contributes with anomalously large amounts of freshwater to the ASC. These enhanced melting could alter the formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) in the Ross Sea and elsewhere along the Antarctic continental margins. Sparse observations exist in the eastern Ross Sea (ERS), and this project will attempt to characterize the properties and variability of water masses present in that region, and determine the rates of inshore transport from the slope and oceanic regimes. These topics of study are important to better understand the evolution of the Southern Ocean in a changing climate. Thesis Amundsen Sea Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ross Sea Southern Ocean Texas A&M University Digital Repository Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Ross Sea Amundsen Sea |
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Rising concerns of global warming and climate change warrant further research in the seas surrounding the Antarctic continent. The eastern Ross Sea (ERS) is an ideal location to study changing properties of water masses transported by a major ocean current: the Antarctic Slope Current (ASC). Glaciers in the Amundsen Sea farther upstream have experienced increased melting over the past two decades, which contributes with anomalously large amounts of freshwater to the ASC. These enhanced melting could alter the formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) in the Ross Sea and elsewhere along the Antarctic continental margins. Sparse observations exist in the eastern Ross Sea (ERS), and this project will attempt to characterize the properties and variability of water masses present in that region, and determine the rates of inshore transport from the slope and oceanic regimes. These topics of study are important to better understand the evolution of the Southern Ocean in a changing climate. |
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Characterizing physical properties and ocean currents in the eastern Ross Sea, Antarctica |
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