Measurements beneath an Antarctic ice shelf using an autonomous underwater vehicle

Nicholls, K. W., Abrahamsen, E. P., Buck, J. J. H., Dodd, P. A., Goldblatt, C., Griffiths, G., Heywood, K. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-0026, Hughes, N. E., Kaletzky, A., Lane-Serff, G. F., McPhail, S. D., Millard, N. W., Oliver, K. I. C., Perrett, J., Price, M. R., Pudsey, C. J., Saw, K., Stansfield, K., Stott, M. J., Wadhams, P., Webb, A. T. and Wilkinson, J. P. (2006) Measurements beneath an Antarctic ice shelf using an autonomous underwater vehicle. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (8). ISSN 1944-8007

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Abstract

The cavities beneath Antarctic ice shelves are among the least studied regions of the World Ocean, yet they are sites of globally important water mass transformations. Here we report results from a mission beneath Fimbul Ice Shelf of an autonomous underwater vehicle. The data reveal a spatially complex oceanographic environment, an ice base with widely varying roughness, and a cavity periodically exposed to water with a temperature significantly above the surface freezing point. The results of this, the briefest of glimpses of conditions in this extraordinary environment, are already reforming our view of the topographic and oceanographic conditions beneath ice shelves, holding out great promises for future missions from similar platforms.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Meteorology, Oceanography and Climate Dynamics (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climate, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017)
Depositing User: Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited: 24 Jan 2011 11:20
Last Modified: 24 Sep 2024 09:51
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/19627
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025998

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