We investigate spreading pathways of basal meltwater released from all Antarctic ice
shelves using a circumpolar coupled ice shelf‐sea ice‐ocean model that reproduces major …

Abstract The Amundsen Sea has the highest thinning rates of ice shelves in Antarctica. This
imbalance is caused by changes in ocean melting induced by warm Circumpolar Deep …

Abstract Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) can be found near the continental shelf break
around most of Antarctica. Advection of this relatively warm water (up to 2° C) across the …

The ice shelves of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet experience basal melting induced by
underlying warm, salty Circumpolar Deep Water. Basal meltwater, along with runoff from ice …

We investigate basal melting of all Antarctic ice shelves by a circumpolar ice shelf‐sea ice‐
ocean coupled model and estimate the total basal melting of 770–944 Gt/yr under present …

Large‐scale oceanic circulation beneath Antarctic ice shelves is driven by the thenmohaline
differences which result from mass and energy exchange at the ice‐ocean interface. Dense …

Abstract Melting of West Antarctic ice shelves is enhanced by Circumpolar Deep Water
(CDW) intruding onto the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas (ABS) continental shelves …

An approximation of Antarctica's rocky and icy coastline normally forms the southern
boundary in global climate models. Such a configuration neglects extensive ice shelf areas …

Previous studies show accelerations of West Antarctic glaciers, implying that basal melt
rates of these glaciers were previously small and increased in the middle of the 20th century …

Meltwater generated beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet exerts a strong influence on the speed
of ice flow, in particular for major ice streams,. The subglacial meltwater also influences …