The influence of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the local ocean

The Drygalski Ice Tongue presents an ~80 km long floating obstacle to alongshore flows in the Victoria Land coastal ocean region of the Western Ross Sea. Here we use oceanographic data from near to the tongue to explore the interplay between the floating glacier and the local currents and stratifica...

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Main Authors: Craig Stevens, Won Sang Lee, Giannetta Fusco, Sukyoung Yun, Brett Grant, Natalie Robinson, Chung Yeon Hwang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017-04-01
Series:Annals of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305517000040/type/journal_article