Winter thermohaline evolution along and below the Ross Ice Shelf
Pierpaolo Falco, Naomi Krauzig, Pasquale Castagno, Angela Garzia, Riccardo Martellucci, Yuri Cotroneo, Daniela Flocco, Milena Menna, Annunziata Pirro, Elena Mauri, Francesco Memmola, Cosimo Solidoro, Massimo Pacciaroni, Giulio Notarstefano, Giorgio Budillon, Enrico Zambianchi · 2024
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Description
Pierpaolo Falco and a large team of co-authors published this 2024 study of the winter ocean along the Ross Ice Shelf. The shelf floats over a hidden sea cavity where some of the coldest water on Earth forms. Winter there is nearly impossible to visit, so its processes had only been guessed at.
From 2020 to 2023, robot floats programmed in a new way drifted along and under the shelf front all year. Their readings track salt and heat through the dark season. The team measure how much dense, salty water the winter polynya produces, how much heat the cavity holds, and how fast the shelf melts from below. Such numbers feed forecasts of sea level and deep ocean flow.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pierpaolo Falco, Naomi Krauzig, Pasquale Castagno, Angela Garzia, Riccardo Martellucci, Yuri Cotroneo, Daniela Flocco, Milena Menna, Annunziata Pirro, Elena Mauri, Francesco Memmola, Cosimo Solidoro, Massimo Pacciaroni, Giulio Notarstefano, Giorgio Budillon, Enrico Zambianchi |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |