Observations of submesoscale eddy-driven heat transport at an ice shelf calving front

Drew M. Friedrichs; Jasmin B. T. McInerney; Holly J. Oldroyd; Won Sang Lee; Sukyoung Yun; Seung-Tae Yoon; Craig L. Stevens; Christopher J. Zappa; Christine F. Dow; Derek Mueller; Oscar Sepúlveda Steiner; Alexander L. Forrest

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00460-3

Communications Earth & Environment (Jun 2022)

Observations of submesoscale eddy-driven heat transport at an ice shelf calving front

Drew M. Friedrichs,
Jasmin B. T. McInerney,
Holly J. Oldroyd,
Won Sang Lee,
Sukyoung Yun,
Seung-Tae Yoon,
Craig L. Stevens,
Christopher J. Zappa,
Christine F. Dow,
Derek Mueller,
Oscar Sepúlveda Steiner,
Alexander L. Forrest

Affiliations

Drew M. Friedrichs: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
Jasmin B. T. McInerney: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
Holly J. Oldroyd: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
Won Sang Lee: Korea Polar Research Institute
Sukyoung Yun: Korea Polar Research Institute
Seung-Tae Yoon: School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University
Craig L. Stevens: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Christopher J. Zappa: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades
Christine F. Dow: Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo
Derek Mueller: Water and Ice Research Laboratory, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Oscar Sepúlveda Steiner: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Surface Waters – Research and Management
Alexander L. Forrest: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00460-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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At the calving front of Nansen Ice Shelf, Antarctica a 10-km wide eddy dominated the local circulation in austral summer 2018/19 and led to substantial vertical heat transport, according to rare observations with an autonomous glider and microstructure turbulence measurements.

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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