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 …

A Model Study of Buoyancy Driven Cross‐Isobath Transport Over the Ross Sea Continental Shelf Break

C Wang, Z Zhang, Y Zhong… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The intrusion of circumpolar deep water (CDW) onto the Antarctic continental shelf plays an
important role in the heat budgets of the Antarctic shelf sea. In the Ross Sea, the Antarctic …

Seafloor roughness reduces melting of East Antarctic ice shelves

Y Liu, M Nikurashin, B Peña-Molino - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Heat delivered by the ocean circulation is melting the Antarctic ice sheet from below. This
melt is largest where warm Circumpolar Deep Water accesses the continental shelf and …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling seasonal-to-decadal ocean–cryosphere interactions along the Sabrina Coast, East Antarctica

K Kusahara, D Hirano, M Fujii, AD Fraser… - The …, 2024 - tc.copernicus.org
Abstract The Totten Ice Shelf (TIS) and Moscow University Ice Shelf (MUIS), along the
Sabrina Coast of Wilkes Land, are the floating seaward terminuses of the second-largest …

Cross-Shelf Exchange in Prograde Antarctic Troughs Driven by Offshore Propagating Dense Water Eddies

A Gaul, W Zhang, C Cenedese - Journal of Physical …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study examines the link between near-bottom outflows of dense water formed in
Antarctic coastal polynyas and onshore intrusions of Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) …

The instabilities of the Antarctic slope current in an idealized model

C Liu, Z Wang, X Liang, X Li, X Han, W Sun… - Journal of Marine …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Antarctic Slope Current (ASC), coupled with the Antarctic Slope Front (ASF),
encircles Antarctica and is a roughly alongshore flow. Yet, the instabilities of the ASC/ASF …

Assessment of water mass distribution and intrusions of circumpolar deep water in the Amundsen Sea based on the ocean reanalysis product FOAM-GLOSEA5v13

Z Li, C Wang, M Zhou - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Amundsen Sea of West Antarctica is one of the regions of particularly interest to the
oceanography community due to accelerated basal melting of its ice shelves. Quantitative …

Intrinsically episodic Antarctic shelf intrusions of circumpolar deep water via canyons

EQY Ong, E Doddridge… - Journal of Physical …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
The structure of the Antarctic Slope Current at the continental shelf is crucial in governing the
poleward transport of warm water. Canyons on the continental slope may provide a pathway …

[PDF][PDF] Episodic Antarctic Shelf Intrusions of Circumpolar Deep Water via Canyons

E Ong, E Doddridge, N Constantinou… - 2024 Ocean Sciences …, 2024 - researchgate.net
The structure of the Antarctic Slope Current at the continental shelf is crucial in governing the
poleward transport of warm water. Canyons on the continental slope may provide a pathway …

[PDF][PDF] Ziang Li1, 2, Chuning Wang1, 2 and Meng Zhou1, 2, 3

Z Wang, Q Yang, X Han, Y Nakayama - 2024 - researchgate.net
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) in the Amundsen Sea section is currently experiencing
a rapid melting phase. Results from previous studies suggest that the complete collapse of …