Seasonality of warm water intrusions onto the continental shelf near the Totten Glacier

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Silvano, Alessandro, Rintoul, Stephen R., Kusahara, Kazuya, Pena-Molino, Beatriz, van Wijk, Esmee, Gwyther, David E., Williams, Guy D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 2019
• Subjects: Circumpolar Deep-Water; Ice Mass-Loss; Pine Island Glacier; Amundsen Sea; Submarine Canyons; East Antarctica; Circulation; Transport; Variability; Meltwater; Antarctic; Austral; Eastern Entrance; Glacier Amundsen; Sabrina Coast; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Totten Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Pine Island; Totten Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5f00701/UQ5f00701_OA.pdf; https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5f00701

Warm Modified Circumpolar Deep Water (MCDW) from the Southern Ocean drives rapid basal melt of the Totten Ice Shelf on the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica), affecting the mass balance of the grounded Totten Glacier. Recent observations show that MCDW intrudes onto the continental shelf through a depr...