Modelling landfast sea ice and its influence on ocean-ice interactions in the area of the Totten Glacier, East Antarctica

• Published in: Ocean Modelling
• Main Authors: Van Achter, G, Fichefet, T, Goosse, H, Pelletier, C, Sterlin, J, Huot, P-V, Lemieux, J-F, Fraser, AD, Haubner, K, Porter-Smith, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Sci Ltd 2022
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical geography and environmental geoscience; Glaciology; East Antarctica; Totten Glacier; Moscow University Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Totten Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2021.101920; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/148050

The Totten Glacier in East Antarctica is of major climate interest because of the large fluctuation of its grounding line and of its potential vulnerability to climate change. The ocean above the continental shelf in front of the Totten ice shelf exhibits large extents of landfast sea ice with low i...