Variation in the distribution and properties of Circumpolar Deep Water in the eastern Amundsen Sea, on seasonal timescales, using seal‐borne tags

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Mallett, Helen K. W., Boehme, Lars, Fedak, Mike, Heywood, Karen J., Stevens, David P., Roquet, Fabien
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/67166/; https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/67166/1/Mallett_et_al_2018_Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077430

In the Amundsen Sea, warm saline Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) crosses the continental shelf toward the vulnerable West Antarctic ice shelves, contributing to their basal melting. Due to lack of observations, little is known about the spatial and temporal variability of CDW, particularly seasonally....