Oceanographic Controls on the Variability of Ice‐Shelf Basal Melting and Circulation of Glacial Meltwater in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica
Ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea Embayment have thinned, accelerating the seaward flow of ice sheets upstream over recent decades. This imbalance is caused by an increase in the ocean-driven melting of the ice shelves. Observations and models show that the ocean heat content reaching the ice shelves...
Published in: | Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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American Geophysical Union
2017
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Online Access: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42666/ https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012926 https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42666/1/Oceanographic%20Controls%20on%20the%20Variability%20of%20Ice-Shelf%20Basal%20Melting%20and%20Circulation%20of%20Glacial%20Meltwater%20in%20the%20Amundsen%20Sea%20Embayment,%20Antarctica.pdf |