Modelling Circumpolar Deep Water intrusions on the Amundsen Sea continental shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Thoma, Malte, Jenkins, Adrian, Holland, David, Jacobs, Stan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2008
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; Amundsen Sea; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42262/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL034939; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42262/1/Modelling%20Circumpolar%20Deep%20Water%20intrusions%20on%20the%20Amundsen%20Sea%20continental%20shelf,%20Antarctica.pdf

Results are presented from an isopycnic coordinate model of ocean circulation in the Amundsen Sea, focusing on the delivery of Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) to the inner continental shelf around Pine Island Bay. The warmest waters to reach this region are channeled through a submarine trough, accesse...