Ocean mixing beneath Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, West Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Kimura, Satoshi, Jenkins, Adrian, Dutrieux, Pierre, Forryan, Alexander, Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Firing, Yvonne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2016
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42661/; https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012149; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42661/1/Ocean%20mixing%20beneath%20Pine%20Island%20Glacier%20ice%20shelf,%20West%20Antarctica.pdf

Ice shelves around Antarctica are vulnerable to an increase in ocean-driven melting, with the melt rate depending on ocean temperature and the strength of flow inside the ice-shelf cavities. We present measurements of velocity, temperature, salinity, turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate, and th...