Circulation, mixing and interactions in the ocean near the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Main Author: Robinson, Natalie Joy
• Other Authors: Vennell, Ross, Langhorne, Patricia, Williams, Michael
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2012
• Subjects: Ocean physics; Ice-ocean interactions; Antarctica; Platelet ice; Ice shelves; Sea ice; Under-ice boundary layer; Ice Shelf Water; Supercooled water; Turbulence; McMurdo Sound; Antarctic; Haskell; Haskell Strait; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2148

This work explores the complex and interacting processes across a range of scales that can occur in the immediate vicinity of an ice shelf front, and which are important influences on regional sea ice growth, bottom water production and ice shelf maintenance. McMurdo Sound and Haskell Strait, Antarc...