Open AccessVery Warm Water Observed Along West Antarctic Ice Shelf
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo119837
Subject(s) - upwelling , oceanography , ice shelf , geology , inflow , iceberg , front (military) , continental shelf , mooring , wind stress , antarctic sea ice , arctic ice pack , sea ice , cryosphere
Two years of mooring observations at the edge of the continental shelf show that wind stress and upwelling control the inflow of some of the warmest water observed at an ice shelf front in Antarctica.