Instruments and methods using distributed temperature sensors to monitor an Antarctic ice shelf and sub-ice-shelf cavity

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 215, 2013, Pages 583-591

  Tyler, S W ^a   Holland, D M ^b   Zagorodnov, V ^c   Stern, A A ^b   Sladek, C ^a   Kobs, S ^a   White, S ^d   Suarez F ^e   Bryenton, J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Connecticut   (United States)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f Lockheed Martin Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; MOORING SYSTEM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA SHELF; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF; ROSS ICE SHELF; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84885445349     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J207     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Budd WF, Corry MJ and Jacka TH (1982) Results from the Amery Ice Shelf Project. Ann. Glaciol., 3, 36-41
2. Corr HFJ, Jenkins A, Nicholls KW and Doake CSM (2002) Precise measurement of changes in ice-shelf thickness by phasesensitive radar to determine basal melt rates. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(8), 1232 (doi:10.1029/2001GL014618)
3. Craven M and 6 others (2004) Initial borehole results from the Amery Ice Shelf hot-water drilling project. Ann. Glaciol., 39, 531-539 (doi:10.3189/172756404781814311)
4. Donohue KA, Watts DR, Tracey KL, Greene AD and Kennelly M (2010) Mapping circulation in the Kuroshio extension with an array of current and pressure recording inverted echo sounders. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 27(3), 507-527 (doi:10.1175/2009JTECHO686.1)
5. Foster TD (1983) The temperature and salinity fine structure of the ocean under the Ross Ice Shelf. J. Geophys. Res., 88(C4), 2556-2564 (doi:10.1029/JC088iC04p02556)
6. Hattermann T, Nøst OA, Lilly JM and Smedsrud LH (2012) Two years of oceanic observations below the Fimbul Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39(12), L12605 (doi:10.1029/2012GL051012)
7. Hausner MB, Suárez F, Glander KE, Van de Giesen N, Selker JS and Tyler SW (2011) Calibrating single-ended fiber-optic Raman spectra distributed temperature sensing data. Sensors, 11(11), 10 859-10 879 (doi:10.3390/ s111110859)
8. Hellmer H, Kauker F, Timmermann R, Determann J and Rae J (2012) Twenty-first-century warming of a large Antarctic iceshelf cavity by a redirected coastal current. Nature, 485(7397), 225-228 (doi:10.1038/nature11064)
9. Jacobs SS, Gordon AL and Ardai JLJ (1979) Circulation and melting beneath the Ross Ice Shelf. Science, 203(4379), 439-443 (doi:10.1126/science.203.4379. 439)
10. Jacobs SS, Jenkins A, Giulivi CF and Dutrieux P (2011) Stronger ocean circulation and increased melting under Pine Island Glacier ice shelf. Nature Geosci., 4(8), 519-523 (doi:10.1038/ngeo1188)
11. Mahoney AR and 6 others (2011) The seasonal appearance of ice shelf water in coastal Antarctica and its effect on sea ice growth. J. Geophys. Res., 116(C11), C11032 (doi:10.1029/2011JC007060)
12. Meinen CS and Watts DR (2000) Vertical structure and transport on a transect across the North Atlantic Current near 428N: time series and mean. J. Geophys. Res., 105(C9), 21 869-21 891 (doi:10.1029/2000JC900097)
13. Munk W (2011) The sound of climate change. Tellus, 63(2), 190-197 (doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00494.x)
14. Nicholls KW and Makinson K (1998) Ocean circulation beneath the western Ronne Ice Shelf, as derived from in situ measurements of water currents and properties. In Jacobs SS and Weiss RF eds. Ocean, ice and atmosphere: interactions at the Antarctic continental margin. (Antarctic Research Series 75) American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 301-318
15. Nicholls KW and Østerhus S (2004) Interannual variability and ventilation timescales in the ocean cavity beneath Filchner- Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. J. Geophys. Res., 109(C4), C04014 (doi:10.1029/2003JC002149)
16. Nicholls KW, Østerhus S, Makinson K and Johnson MR (2001) Oceanographic conditions south of Berkner Island, beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. J. Geophys. Res., 106(C6), 11 481-11 492 (doi:10.1029/ 2000JC000350)
17. Nicholls KW, Makinson K and Østerhus S (2004) Circulation and water masses beneath the northern Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. J. Geophys. Res., 109(C12), C12017 (doi:10.1029/2004JC002302)
18. Nicholls KW and 21 others (2006) Measurements beneath an Antarctic ice shelf using an autonomous underwater vehicle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(8), L08162 (doi:10.1029/2006GL025998)
19. Robinson NJ, Williams MJM, Barrett PJ and Pyne AR (2010) Observations of flow and ice-ocean interaction beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. J. Geophys. Res., 115(C3), C03025 (doi:10.1029/2008JC005255)
20. Rossby T (1969) On monitoring depth variations of the main thermocline acoustically. J. Geophys. Res., 74(23), 5542-5546 (doi:10.1029/JC074i023p05542)
21. Selker J, Van de Giesen N, Westhoff M, Luxemburg W and Parlange MB (2006) Fiber optics opens window on stream dynamics. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(24), 24401 (doi:10.1029/2006GL027979)
22. Suárez F, Aravena JE, Hausner MB, Childress AE and Tyler SW (2011) Assessment of a vertical high-resolution distributedtemperature- sensing system in a shallow thermohaline environment. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15(3), 1081-1093 (doi:10.5194/hess-15-1081-2011)
23. Toole JM, Krishfield RA, Timmermans M-L and Proshutinsky A (2011) The ice-tethered profiler: Argo of the Arctic. Oceanography, 24(3), 126-135 (doi:10.5670/oceanog.2011.64)
24. Tyler SW and 6 others (2009) Environmental temperature sensing using Raman spectra DTS fiber-optic methods. Water Resour. Res., 45(4), W00D23 (doi:10.1029/2008WR007052)
25. Warner R, Craven M, Galton-Fenzi B, Elcheikh A, Christensen A and Vogel S (2012) Distributed temperature sensing in the Amery Ice Shelf and the sub-ice-shelf ocean. In Hanke M and Kirchner N eds. Book of Abstracts of 26th International Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP), 12-14 June 2012, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden http://urn.kb.se/resolve? urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-88405