Between the devil and the deep blue sea: The role of the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves
The Amundsen Sea is a key region of Antarctica where ocean, atmosphere, sea ice, and ice sheet interact. For much of Antarctica, the relatively warm water of the open Southern Ocean (a few degrees above freezing) does not reach the Antarctic continental shelf in large volumes under current climate c...
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ftuniveastangl:oai:ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk:61760 2023-06-06T11:43:14+02:00 Between the devil and the deep blue sea: The role of the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves Heywood, Karen J. Biddle, Louise C. Boehme, Lars Dutrieux, Pierre Fedak, Michael Jenkins, Adrian Jones, Richard W. Kaiser, Jan Mallett, Helen Garabato, Alberto C. Naveira Renfrew, Ian A. Stevens, David P. Webber, Benjamin G. M. 2016-12 application/pdf https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61760/ https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61760/1/29_4_heywood.pdf https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.104 en eng https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61760/1/29_4_heywood.pdf Heywood, Karen J., Biddle, Louise C., Boehme, Lars, Dutrieux, Pierre, Fedak, Michael, Jenkins, Adrian, Jones, Richard W., Kaiser, Jan, Mallett, Helen, Garabato, Alberto C. Naveira, Renfrew, Ian A., Stevens, David P. and Webber, Benjamin G. M. (2016) Between the devil and the deep blue sea: The role of the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves. Oceanography, 29 (4). pp. 118-129. ISSN 1042-8275 doi:10.5670/oceanog.2016.104 Article PeerReviewed 2016 ftuniveastangl https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.104 2023-04-13T22:31:58Z The Amundsen Sea is a key region of Antarctica where ocean, atmosphere, sea ice, and ice sheet interact. For much of Antarctica, the relatively warm water of the open Southern Ocean (a few degrees above freezing) does not reach the Antarctic continental shelf in large volumes under current climate conditions. However, in the Amundsen Sea, warm water penetrates onto the continental shelf and provides heat that can melt the underside of the area’s floating ice shelves, thinning them. Here, we discuss how the ocean’s role in melting has come under increased scrutiny, present 2014 observations from the Amundsen Sea, and discuss their implications, highlighting aspects where understanding is still incomplete. Article in Journal/Newspaper Amundsen Sea Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelves Sea ice Southern Ocean University of East Anglia: UEA Digital Repository Amundsen Sea Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Oceanography 29 4 118 129 |
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The Amundsen Sea is a key region of Antarctica where ocean, atmosphere, sea ice, and ice sheet interact. For much of Antarctica, the relatively warm water of the open Southern Ocean (a few degrees above freezing) does not reach the Antarctic continental shelf in large volumes under current climate conditions. However, in the Amundsen Sea, warm water penetrates onto the continental shelf and provides heat that can melt the underside of the area’s floating ice shelves, thinning them. Here, we discuss how the ocean’s role in melting has come under increased scrutiny, present 2014 observations from the Amundsen Sea, and discuss their implications, highlighting aspects where understanding is still incomplete. |
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Heywood, Karen J. Biddle, Louise C. Boehme, Lars Dutrieux, Pierre Fedak, Michael Jenkins, Adrian Jones, Richard W. Kaiser, Jan Mallett, Helen Garabato, Alberto C. Naveira Renfrew, Ian A. Stevens, David P. Webber, Benjamin G. M. |
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Heywood, Karen J. Biddle, Louise C. Boehme, Lars Dutrieux, Pierre Fedak, Michael Jenkins, Adrian Jones, Richard W. Kaiser, Jan Mallett, Helen Garabato, Alberto C. Naveira Renfrew, Ian A. Stevens, David P. Webber, Benjamin G. M. Between the devil and the deep blue sea: The role of the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves |
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Heywood, Karen J. Biddle, Louise C. Boehme, Lars Dutrieux, Pierre Fedak, Michael Jenkins, Adrian Jones, Richard W. Kaiser, Jan Mallett, Helen Garabato, Alberto C. Naveira Renfrew, Ian A. Stevens, David P. Webber, Benjamin G. M. |
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Between the devil and the deep blue sea: The role of the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves |
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Between the devil and the deep blue sea: The role of the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves |
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Between the devil and the deep blue sea: The role of the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves |
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between the devil and the deep blue sea: the role of the amundsen sea continental shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves |
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