Poleward eddy-induced warm water transport across a shelf break off Totten Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

Daisuke Hirano; Kohei Mizobata; Hiroko Sasaki; Hiroto Murase; Takeshi Tamura; Shigeru Aoki

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00217-4

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2021)

Poleward eddy-induced warm water transport across a shelf break off Totten Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

Daisuke Hirano,
Kohei Mizobata,
Hiroko Sasaki,
Hiroto Murase,
Takeshi Tamura,
Shigeru Aoki

Affiliations

Daisuke Hirano: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Kohei Mizobata: Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Hiroko Sasaki: Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
Hiroto Murase: Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Takeshi Tamura: National Institute of Polar Research
Shigeru Aoki: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00217-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Circumpolar Deep Water is efficiently transported towards the shelf break off Totten Ice Shelf, East Antarctica by cyclonic eddies, suggest comprehensive hydrographic observations.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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