Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The Role of the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf in Exchanges Between Ocean and Ice Shelves

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The Role of the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf in Exchanges Between Ocean and Ice Shelves

The Amundsen Sea is a key region of Antarctica where ocean, atmosphere, sea ice, and ice sheet interact. For much of Antarctica, the relatively warm water of the open Southern Ocean (a few degrees above freezing) does not reach the Antarctic continental shelf in large volumes under current climate c...

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Main Authors: Karen J. Heywood, Louise C. Biddle, Lars Boehme, Pierre Dutrieux, Michael Fedak, Adrian Jenkins, Richard W. Jones, Jan Kaiser, Helen Mallett, Alberto C. Naveira Garabato, Ian A. Renfrew, David P. Stevens, Benjamin G.M. Webber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2016-12-01
Series:Oceanography
Subjects:
Amundsen Sea
Antarctica
ice sheet
Southern Ocean
Online Access:https://tos.org/oceanography/assets/docs/29-4_heywood.pdf

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