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Topographic control of tides in the Ross Sea: eddy-like structures, bottom-trapped waves, and energetics
Yue Xia
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
Zhaomin Wang
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
Craig Stevens
Earth Sciences New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Chengyan Liu
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
Liangjun Yan
School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
Xianxian Han
School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
Dake Chen
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
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Short summary
Around Antarctica, tides strongly influence ice shelves through both dynamic and thermodynamic processes, and also help form dense bottom water that drives global ocean circulation. Using a regional model of the Ross Sea, we identified three eddy-like structures along the slope that control local water and heat transport, which potentially contributes to ice shelf melting.
Around Antarctica, tides strongly influence ice shelves through both dynamic and thermodynamic...
