Nature Communications (Dec 2022)
Ocean variability beneath Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf driven by the Pine Island Bay Gyre strength
- Tiago S. Dotto,
- Karen J. Heywood,
- Rob A. Hall,
- Ted A. Scambos,
- Yixi Zheng,
- Yoshihiro Nakayama,
- Shuntaro Hyogo,
- Tasha Snow,
- Anna K. Wåhlin,
- Christian Wild,
- Martin Truffer,
- Atsuhiro Muto,
- Karen E. Alley,
- Lars Boehme,
- Guilherme A. Bortolotto,
- Scott W. Tyler,
- Erin Pettit
Affiliations
- Tiago S. Dotto
- Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
- Karen J. Heywood
- Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
- Rob A. Hall
- Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
- Ted A. Scambos
- Earth Science and Observation Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
- Yixi Zheng
- Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
- Yoshihiro Nakayama
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
- Shuntaro Hyogo
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
- Tasha Snow
- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines
- Anna K. Wåhlin
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg
- Christian Wild
- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
- Martin Truffer
- Geophysical Institute and Department of Physics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Atsuhiro Muto
- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University
- Karen E. Alley
- Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba
- Lars Boehme
- Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews
- Guilherme A. Bortolotto
- Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews
- Scott W. Tyler
- Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada
- Erin Pettit
- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35499-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
A weaker ocean gyre in the Pine Island Bay, suppressed by higher sea-ice concentration over the ocean near the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, allows more meltwater to enter the sub-ice-shelf cavity. This increases the ocean temperature beneath the ice.
