The Antarctic Coastal Current in the Bellingshausen Sea

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: R. Schubert, A. F. Thompson, K. Speer, L. Schulze Chretien, Y. Bebieva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: geo; envir; Abbot Ice Shelf; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; The Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4179-2021; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/4179/2021/tc-15-4179-2021.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/68137d6b9ab84cbca7feec6256394e04

The ice shelves of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet experience basal melting induced by underlying warm, salty Circumpolar Deep Water. Basal meltwater, along with runoff from ice sheets, supplies fresh buoyant water to a circulation feature near the coast, the Antarctic Coastal Current (AACC). The forma...