Fig. 6: Simulated ocean properties and circulation off the Sabrina Coast.
From: On-shelf circulation of warm water toward the Totten Ice Shelf in East Antarctica
a Ocean temperature on the sea floor (°C). Circles and squares represent CTD observations from JARE61 and JARE59 cruises, respectively. b A streamfunction of vertically integrated transport (Sv, 1 Sv = 1.0 × 106 m3 s−1); arrows indicate the flow direction. c Vertical sections of ocean temperature (°C) and salinity, from shelf break (right) to the Totten Ice Shelf (TIS) front (left) along the cyclonic on-shelf circulation (the line connecting the observational stations in (a)). (C-TT: Central Totten Trough; E-TT: East Totten Trough) The model results are the annual-mean climatology averaged for the period 1991‒2020. The observed temperature and salinity values are indicated by the color of the circles at each profile location. Note that, due to the depth gaps between in situ observation and model topography, some CTD data near the TIS front regions are overlaid on the gray-shaded area representing model topography.
