Wind-Driven Processes Controlling Oceanic Heat Delivery to the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Dotto, TS, Garabato, ACN, Bacon, S, Holland, PR, Kimura, S, Firing, YL, Tsamados, M, Wahlin, AK, Jenkins, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; Atmosphere-ocean interaction; Channel flows; Ocean dynamics; Wind stress; Ocean models; Amundsen Sea; Getz; Dotson-Getz Trough; Antarc*; Ice Shelves; Pine Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091602/1/jpo-d-19-0064.1.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091602/

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...