Observations of submesoscale eddy-driven heat transport at an ice shelf calving front
oleh: 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
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01 |
Deskripsi
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.