Variability in basal melting beneath Pine Island Ice Shelf on weekly to monthly timescales

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Davis, Peter E. D., Jenkins, Adrian, Nicholls, Keith W., Brennan, Paul V., Abrahamsen, E. Povl, Heywood, Karen J., Dutrieux, Pierre, Cho, Kyoung-Ho, Kim, Tae-Wan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69088/; https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69088/1/Davis_et_al_2018_Journal_of_Geophysical_Research_Oceans.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014464

Ocean‐driven basal melting of Amundsen Sea ice shelves has triggered acceleration, thinning, and grounding line retreat on many West Antarctic outlet glaciers. Here we present the first year‐long (2014) record of basal melt rate at sub‐weekly resolution from a location on the outer Pine Island Ice S...