The sensitivity of the Antarctic ice sheet to a changing climate: Past, present, and future

TL Noble, EJ Rohling, ARA Aitken… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) is out of equilibrium with the current anthropogenic‐
enhanced climate forcing. Paleoenvironmental records and ice sheet models reveal that the …

Reconstruction of modified Circumpolar Deep Water intrusion and its oceanographic impact in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

XH Guo, LJ Yang, YS Gao, T Huang, HW Liu… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oceanographic observations and models show that the heat brought by the warm modified
Circumpolar Deep Water (mCDW) intrusion accelerates the melting of the Antarctic ice shelf …

Warm surface waters increase Antarctic ice shelf melt and delay dense water formation

S Aoki, T Takahashi, K Yamazaki, D Hirano… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Melting ice shelves around Antarctica control the massive input of freshwater into the ocean
and play an intricate role in global heat redistribution. The Amery Ice Shelf regulates …

Wind‐driven seasonal intrusion of modified Circumpolar Deep Water onto the continental shelf in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

G Guo, L Gao, J Shi, Y Zu - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intrusion of warm modified Circumpolar Deep Water (mCDW) is critical to heat transport onto
the continental shelf around Antarctica, with substantial impacts on basal melting of ice …

On the modified circumpolar deep water upwelling over the Four Ladies Bank in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

C Liu, Z Wang, C Cheng, Y Wu, R Xia… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Analyses of hydrographic observation data sets revealed that modified Circumpolar Deep
Water (mCDW) tends to flood the western flank (73–78° E, 67–68° S) of the Four Ladies …

Cold ocean cavity and weak basal melting of the Sørsdal ice shelf revealed by surveys using autonomous platforms

DE Gwyther, EA Spain, P King… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Basal melting of ice shelves is inherently difficult to quantify through direct observations, yet
it is a critical factor controlling Antarctic mass balance and global sea‐level rise. While much …

On the multiscale oceanic heat transports toward the bases of the Antarctic ice shelves

Z Wang, C Liu, C Cheng, Q Qin, L Yan… - Ocean-Land …, 2023 - spj.science.org
The mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) is important to global sea-level change.
The AIS loses mass mainly through basal melting and subsequent calving of the Antarctic …

Bathymetry beneath the amery ice shelf, East Antarctica, revealed by airborne gravity

J Yang, J Guo, JS Greenbaum, X Cui… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The bathymetry under the Amery Ice Shelf steers the flow of ocean currents transporting
ocean heat, and thus is a prerequisite for precise modeling of ice‐ocean interactions …

Sensitivity of simulated water mass transformation on the Antarctic shelf to tides, topography and model resolution

F Boeira Dias, SR Rintoul, O Richter… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Water mass transformation (WMT) around the Antarctic margin controls Antarctica Bottom
Water formation and the abyssal limb of the global meridional overturning circulation …

Seasonal transformation and spatial variability of water masses within MacKenzie polynya, Prydz Bay

E Portela, SR Rintoul, S Bestley… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We provide a detailed description of the spatial distribution, seasonality and transformation
of the main water masses within MacKenzie Polynya (MP) in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica …