Nature Communications (Jan 2022)
Ice front retreat reconfigures meltwater-driven gyres modulating ocean heat delivery to an Antarctic ice shelf
- Seung-Tae Yoon,
- Won Sang Lee,
- SungHyun Nam,
- Choon-Ki Lee,
- Sukyoung Yun,
- Karen Heywood,
- Lars Boehme,
- Yixi Zheng,
- Inhee Lee,
- Yeon Choi,
- Adrian Jenkins,
- Emilia Kyung Jin,
- Robert Larter,
- Julia Wellner,
- Pierre Dutrieux,
- Alexander T. Bradley
Affiliations
- Seung-Tae Yoon
- School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University
- Won Sang Lee
- Division of Glacial Environment Research, Korea Polar Research Institute
- SungHyun Nam
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences/Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu
- Choon-Ki Lee
- Division of Glacial Environment Research, Korea Polar Research Institute
- Sukyoung Yun
- Division of Glacial Environment Research, Korea Polar Research Institute
- Karen Heywood
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich
- Lars Boehme
- Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, Andrews
- Yixi Zheng
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich
- Inhee Lee
- Department of Oceanography, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu
- Yeon Choi
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences/Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu
- Adrian Jenkins
- Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University
- Emilia Kyung Jin
- Division of Glacial Environment Research, Korea Polar Research Institute
- Robert Larter
- British Antarctic Survey
- Julia Wellner
- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston
- Pierre Dutrieux
- British Antarctic Survey
- Alexander T. Bradley
- British Antarctic Survey
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27968-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Glacial melt can modify heat transport, and therefore ocean processes, associated with ice front retreat, as revealed by direct observations from the Pine Island Bay region of Antarctica.
