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Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1697-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1697-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
Research article
 | 
07 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 07 Apr 2021

Modeling intensive ocean–cryosphere interactions in Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica

Kazuya Kusahara, Daisuke Hirano, Masakazu Fujii, Alexander D. Fraser, and Takeshi Tamura

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Data for "Modeling intensive ocean-cyrosphere interactions in Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica" Kazuya Kusahara, Daisuke Hirano, Masakazu Fujii, Alexander D. Fraser, and Takeshi Tamura https://doi.org/10.17632/z6w4xd6s3s.1

ETOPO1 NOAA https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html

ETOPO5 NOAA https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/etopo5.HTML

GEBCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, International Hydrographic Organization and British Oceanographic Data Centre https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/historical_data_sets/#gebco_one

RTopo-1 R. Timmermann et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.741917

RTopo-2 J. Schaffer and R. Timmermann https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.856844

PHC W. Ermold and M. Steele http://psc.apl.washington.edu/nonwp_projects/PHC/Climatology.html

ERA-Interim ECMWF www.ecmwf.int/en/research/climate-reanalysis/era-interim

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We used an ocean–sea ice–ice shelf model with a 2–3 km horizontal resolution to investigate ocean–ice shelf/glacier interactions in Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica. The numerical model reproduced the observed warm water intrusion along the deep trough in the bay. We examined in detail (1) water mass changes between the upper continental slope and shelf regions and (2) the fast-ice role in the ocean conditions and basal melting at the Shirase Glacier tongue.
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