On the Role of Air-Sea-Ice Interactions off East Antarctica

• Main Author: Webb, Cody James
• Other Authors: Orsi, Alejandro, Nielsen-Gammon, John, Stoessel, Achim
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Sea-Ice; Antarctica; Sabrina; Glacial Melt; Meridional Overturning Circulation; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Totten Glacier; Western Shelf; Moscow University Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173060

In some segments of the Antarctic continental shelf, salt released during sea-ice production transforms near-freezing Antarctic surface waters into saltier (S > 34.52) and denser Shelf Water. Near the shelf break of these locations, somewhat attenuated Shelf Water outflows and sinks down the cont...