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Sub-ice-shelf Circulation

Sub-Ice-Shelf Circulation is a glaciological process denoting the movement of oceanic water beneath marine ice shelves, driven by density gradients and tidal forcing, which distinguishes it from other ice-ocean interaction dynamics through its role in regulating basal melt patterns and exchange of heat and freshwater between the continental shelf and the sub-ice-shelf cavity.

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9.6K

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369

Authors

160

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2017–2026

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Publications

108

Modeling Thermodynamic Ice–Ocean Interactions at the Base of an Ice Shelf

David M. Holland, Adrian Jenkins · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1999 · 710 citations

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Twenty-first-century warming of a large Antarctic ice-shelf cavity by a redirected coastal current

Hartmut Hellmer, Frank Kauker, Ralph Timmermann et al. · Nature · 2012 · 452 citations

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Melting of ice shelves and the mass balance of Antarctica

Stanley S. Jacobs, H.H. Helmer, C. S. M. Doake et al. · Journal of Glaciology · 1992 · 424 citations · Full text

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Antarctic Ice Sheet melting in the southeast Pacific

Stanley S. Jacobs, Hartmut Hellmer, Adrian Jenkins · Geophysical Research Letters · 1996 · 396 citations · Full text

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A two-dimensional model for the thermohaline circulation under an ice shelf

Hartmut Hellmer, Dirk Olbers · Antarctic Science · 1989 · 339 citations

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Authors

369

  1. AJ
    Adrian Jenkins

    British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 3K citations

    17

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  2. KW
    Keith W. Nicholls

    British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 853 citations

    14

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  3. HH
    Hartmut Hellmer

    Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany

    12 publications · 2K citations

    12

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  4. KM
    Keith Makinson

    British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 707 citations

    11

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  5. PD
    Pierre Dutrieux

    British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 944 citations

    10

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Institutions

160

  1. British Antarctic Survey

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    26 h-index

    83 publications

    8.2K citations

  2. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    18 h-index

    38 publications

    5.9K citations

  3. Natural Environment Research Council

    Swindon, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    50 publications

    5.3K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    17 h-index

    30 publications

    4.3K citations

  5. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    15 h-index

    51 publications

    6.1K citations

  6. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre

    Hobart, Australia

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    2.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 13 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Journal of Glaciology

    13 publications · 1.2K citations

    12

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  4. Annals of Glaciology

    6 publications · 622 citations

    6

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    6 publications · 677 citations

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