The Upper Layer Structure and Variability of an Antarctic Glacio-marine Fjord: Andvord Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Author: Christensen, Katy
• Other Authors: Merrifield, Mark, Global Environmental Science
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Hawaii at Manoa 2017
• Subjects: Fjord; Western Antarctic Peninsula; Upper Layer; Physical Oceanography; Andvord; Andvord Bay; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/56546

Glacio-marine fjords on the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) are relatively unstudied, rapidly changing systems of high biological productivity. The goal of this research is to characterize the upper layer physical structure and variability of a representative fjord, Andvord Bay, to determine how i...