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: American Geophysical Union 2018
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42667/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014464; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42667/1/Variability%20in%20basal%20melting%20beneath%20Pine%20Island%20Ice%20Shelf%20on%20weekly%20to%20monthly%20timescales.pdf

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...