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- Title
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
- Authors
Heywood, Karen J.; Biddle, Louise C.; Boehme, Lars; Dutrieux, Pierre; Fedak, Michael; Jenkins, Adrian; Jones, Richard W.; Kaiser, Jan; Mallett, Helen; Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.; Renfrew, Ian A.; Stevens, David P.; Webber, Benjamin G. M.
- Abstract
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 conditions. However, in the Amundsen Sea, warm water penetrates onto the continental shelf and provides heat that can melt the underside of the area's floating ice shelves, thinning them. Here, we discuss how the ocean's role in melting has come under increased scrutiny, present 2014 observations from the Amundsen Sea, and discuss their implications, highlighting aspects where understanding is still incomplete.
- Subjects
AMUNDSEN Sea (Antarctica); OCEAN currents; ICE sheets; ICE shelves; DRIFTING ice stations
- Publication
Oceanography, 2016, Vol 29, Issue 4, p118
- ISSN
1042-8275
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5670/oceanog.2016.104