Water masses distribution offshore the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica)

Bensi, Manuel; Kovačević, Vedrana; Donda, Federica; O'Brien, Philip Edward; Armbrecht, Linda; Armand, Leanne Kay

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-65-2022

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-65-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-65-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

Data description paper

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12 Jan 2022

Data description paper |

| 12 Jan 2022

Water masses distribution offshore the Sabrina Coast (East Antarctica)

Manuel Bensi, Vedrana Kovačević, Federica Donda, Philip Edward O'Brien, Linda Armbrecht, and Leanne Kay Armand

Data sets

RV Investigator Voyage IN2017_V01 CTD Data CSIRO: Steven Van Graas https://doi.org/10.25919/yyex-t381

Short summary

The Totten Glacier (Sabrina Coast, East Antarctica) has undergone significant retreat in recent years, underlining its sensitivity to climate change and its potential contribution to global sea-level rise. The melting process is strongly influenced by ocean dynamics and the spatial distribution of water masses appears to be linked to the complex morpho-bathymetry of the area, supporting the hypothesis that downwelling processes contribute to shaping the architecture of the continental margin.