Open AccessFreshwater flux from ice sheet melting and iceberg calving in the Southern Ocean
Author(s) -
Hammond Mark D.,
Jones Daniel C.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
geoscience data journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2049-6060
DOI - 10.1002/gdj3.43
Subject(s) - iceberg , oceanography , ice calving , flux (metallurgy) , ice sheet , geology , antarctic sea ice , greenland ice sheet , cryosphere , climatology , sea ice , biology , pregnancy , materials science , lactation , metallurgy , genetics
This dataset is a multiyear mean Southern Ocean freshwater flux field that uses recently compiled measurements of ice sheet melting, iceberg calving, iceberg tracking, and river runoff. It has a horizontal resolution of 1/6° and uses BEDMAP2 for identifying and placing individual ice sheets. The aim of this work is to improve the representation of Antarctic freshwater input in Southern Ocean models.