Pierre Dutrieux
Shelf Seas Group Leader
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Pierre Dutrieux
Shelf Seas Group Leader
Biography
Pierre Dutrieux received his Ph.D in Oceanography from the University of Hawaii in 2009. His PhD work investigated tropical ocean circulation and dynamics with a particular focus on meso-scale eddy variability. Since then he directed his attention to the interaction between the oceans and the polar ice sheets, first at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS, until 2015), at the Polar Science Center, APL-UW, at the LAmont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and now back at BAS.
Using pioneering autonomous platforms (Autosub 3) to roam under at least 300 m thick ice for tens of kilometers, his research demonstrated that warm waters >3° above the in situ freezing point reaches the grounding line (where the ice sheet comes afloat and eventually extends into an ice shelf) of Pine Island Glacier, in West Antarctica. This water efficiently melts the ice shelf, reduces its buttressing effect on the flow of grounded ice into the ocean, and is now shown to be a key driver of a wide-spread glacial acceleration and retreat in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica, with important contributions to sea level rise, the freshwater budget of the Southern Ocean and possible impacts on the global thermohaline circulation and local primary production.
Using autonomous platforms, ship-borne ocean observations, ground-based and airborne radar observations, satellite observations and numerical modelling, Pierre further demonstrated that in this setting glacial melt is strongly modulated in time by remote climatic sources, and that the spatial distribution of melt is complex, varying at meters to kilometers scales, and carving and interacting with intriguing landscapes under the ice.
Developping new observational tools and integrating new understanding into predictive models, Pierre continues his work to shed light on the processes controlling the oceanic melting of glacial ice and its implications for the climate system.
Research interests
Collaborations
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2024
Joughin, Ian, Shapero, Daniel, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux. (2024) Responses of the Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers to Melt and Sliding Parameterizations. The Cryosphere, 18 (). 19 pp. 10.5194/tc-18-2583-2024
2023
O'Connor, Gemma K., Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Paul R. Holland, Steig, Eric J., Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Hakim, Gregory J.. (2023) Characteristics and rarity of the strong 1940s westerly wind event over the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 17 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-17-4399-2023
Gómez‐Valdivia, Felipe ORCID record for Felipe Gómez‐Valdivia, Holland, Paul ORCID record for Paul Holland, Siahaan, Antony, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Young, Emma ORCID record for Emma Young. (2023) Projected West Antarctic Ocean Warming Caused by an Expansion of the Ross Gyre. Geophysical Research Letters, 50 (). 11 pp. 10.1029/2023GL102978
Davison, Benjamin J., Hogg, Anna E., Rigby, Richard, Veldhuijsen, Sanne, van Wessem, Jan Melchior, van den Broeke, Michiel R., Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Paul R. Holland, Selley, Heather L., Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux. (2023) Sea level rise from West Antarctic mass loss significantly modified by large snowfall anomalies. Nature Communications, 14 (). 13 pp. 10.1038/s41467-023-36990-3
2022
Silvano, Alessandro, Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Paul R. Holland, Naughten, Kaitlin A. ORCID record for Kaitlin A. Naughten, Dragomir, Oana, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Jenkins, Adrian, Si, Yidongfang, Stewart, Andrew L., Peña Molino, Beatriz, Janzing, Gregor W., Dotto, Tiago S., Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.. (2022) Baroclinic Ocean Response to Climate Forcing Regulates Decadal Variability of Ice‐Shelf Melting in the Amundsen Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (). 10 pp. 10.1029/2022GL100646
Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Paul R. Holland, O'Connor, Gemma K., Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Naughten, Kaitlin A. ORCID record for Kaitlin A. Naughten, Steig, Eric J., Schneider, David P., Jenkins, Adrian, Smith, James A. ORCID record for James A. Smith. (2022) Anthropogenic and internal drivers of wind changes over the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica, during the 20th and 21st centuries. The Cryosphere, 16 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-16-5085-2022
Davis, Peter E.D. ORCID record for Peter E.D. Davis, Jenkins, Adrian, Nicholls, Keith W. ORCID record for Keith W. Nicholls, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Schröder, Michael, Janout, Markus A., Hellmer, Hartmut H., Templeton, Rob, McPhail, Stephen. (2022) Observations of Modified Warm Deep Water beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, from an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127 (). 19 pp. 10.1029/2022JC019103
Bradley, A.T. ORCID record for A.T. Bradley, Bett, D.T. ORCID record for D.T. Bett, Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux, De Rydt, J., Holland, P.R. ORCID record for P.R. Holland. (2022) The influence of Pine Island Ice Shelf calving on basal melting. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127 (). 27 pp. 10.1029/2022JC018621
Bradley, Alexander T. ORCID record for Alexander T. Bradley, De Rydt, Jan, Bett, David T. ORCID record for David T. Bett, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Paul R. Holland. (2022) The ice dynamic and melting response of Pine Island Ice Shelf to calving. Annals of Glaciology, 63 (). 5 pp. 10.1017/aog.2023.24
Naughten, Kaitlin A. ORCID record for Kaitlin A. Naughten, Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Paul R. Holland, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Kimura, Satoshi, Bett, David T. ORCID record for David T. Bett, Jenkins, Adrian. (2022) Simulated twentieth-century ocean warming in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (). 10 pp. 10.1029/2021GL094566
Jacobs, S.S., Giulivi, C.F., Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux. (2022) Persistent Ross Sea freshening from imbalance West Antarctic Ice Shelf melting. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127 (). 19 pp. 10.1029/2021JC017808
Yang, H.W., Kim, T.-W., Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Wåhlin, A.K., Jenkins, Adrian, Ha, H.K., Kim, C.S., Cho, K.-H., Park, T., Lee, S.H., Cho, Y.-K.. (2022) Seasonal variability of ocean circulation near the Dotson Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Nature Communications, 13 (). 11 pp. 10.1038/s41467-022-28751-5
Yoon, Seung-Tae, Lee, Won Sang, Nam, SungHyun, Lee, Choon-Ki, Yun, Sukyoung, Heywood, Karen, Boehme, Lars, Zheng, Yixi, Lee, Inhee, Choi, Yeon, Jenkins, Adrian, Jin, Emilia Kyung, Larter, Robert ORCID record for Robert Larter, Wellner, Julia, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Bradley, Alexander T. ORCID record for Alexander T. Bradley. (2022) Ice front retreat reconfigures meltwater-driven gyres modulating ocean heat delivery to an Antarctic ice shelf. Nature Communications, 13 (). 8 pp. 10.1038/s41467-022-27968-8
2021
Kim, Tae-Wan, Yang, Hee Won, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Wåhlin, Anna K., Jenkins, Adrian, Kim, Yeong Gi, Ha, Ho Kyung, Kim, Chang-Sin, Cho, Kyoung-Ho, Park, Taewook, Park, Jisoo, Lee, SangHoon, Cho, Yang-Ki. (2021) Interannual Variation of Modified Circumpolar Deep Water in the Dotson-Getz Trough, West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126 (). pp. 10.1029/2021JC017491
Wearing, M.G., Stevens, L.A., Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux, Kingslake, J.. (2021) Ice‐shelf basal melt channels stabilized by secondary flow. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (). 11 pp. 10.1029/2021GL094872
Joughin, I., Shapero, D., Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux, Smith, B.. (2021) Ocean-induced melt volume directly paces ice loss from Pine Island Glacier. Science Advances, 7 (). 9 pp. 10.1126/sciadv.abi5738
Arnscheidt, C.W., Marshall, J., Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux, Rye, C.D., Ramadhan, A.. (2021) On the settling depth of meltwater escaping from beneath Antarctic ice shelves. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51 (). pp. 10.1175/JPO-D-20-0286.1
Joughin, Ian, Shapero, Daniel, Smith, Ben, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Barham, Mark ORCID record for Mark Barham. (2021) Ice-shelf retreat drives recent Pine Island Glacier speedup. Science Advances, 7 (). 7 pp. 10.1126/sciadv.abg3080
Selley, Heather L., Hogg, Anna E., Cornford, Stephen, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Shepherd, Andrew, Wuite, Jan, Floricioiu, Dana, Kusk, Anders, Nagler, Thomas, Gilbert, Lin, Slater, Thomas, Kim, Tae-Wan. (2021) Widespread increase in dynamic imbalance in the Getz region of Antarctica from 1994 to 2018. Nature Communications, 12 (). pp. 10.1038/s41467-021-21321-1
2020
Barker, Laughlin D.L., Jakuba, Michael V., Bowen, Andrew D., German, Christopher R., Maksym, Ted, Mayer, Larry, Boetius, Antje, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Whitcomb, Louis L.. (2020) Scientific challenges and present capabilities in underwater robotic vehicle design and navigation for oceanographic exploration under-ice.. Remote Sensing, 12 (). 30 pp. 10.3390/RS12162588
2017
Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Forryan, Alexander, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Brannigan, Liam, Biddle, Louise C., Heywood, Karen J., Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID record for Yvonne L. Firing, Kimura, Satoshi ORCID record for Satoshi Kimura. (2017) Vigorous lateral export of the meltwater outflow from beneath an Antarctic ice shelf. Nature, 542 (). pp. doi:10.1038/nature20825
2016
Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Nicholls, Keith W. ORCID record for Keith W. Nicholls. (2016) Ice-shelf basal morphology from an upward-looking multibeam system deployed from an autonomous underwater vehicle. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. ORCID record for K.A. Hogan (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, 46). doi:10.1144/M46.79
2014
Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Stewart, Craig, Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Nicholls, Keith W. ORCID record for Keith W. Nicholls, Corr, Hugh F J., Rignot, Eric, Steffen, Konrad. (2014) Basal terraces on melting ice shelves. Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (). pp. doi:10.1002/2014GL060618
De Rydt, J., Holland, P.R. ORCID record for P.R. Holland, Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux, Jenkins, A. ORCID record for A. Jenkins. (2014) Geometric and oceanographic controls on melting beneath Pine Island Glacier. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119 (). pp. 10.1002/2013JC009513
Thurnherr, A. M., Jacobs, S. S., Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux, Giulivi, C. F.. (2014) Export and circulation of ice cavity water in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119 (). pp. doi:10.1002/2013JC009307
Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, De Rydt, Jan, Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Paul R. Holland, Ha, Ho Kyung, Lee, Sang Hoon, Steig, Eric J., Ding, Quinghua, Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID record for E. Povl Abrahamsen, Schroeder, Michael. (2014) Strong sensitivity of Pine Island ice-shelf melting to climactic variability. Science, 343 (). pp. 10.1126/science.1244341
2013
Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux, Vaughan, D.G. ORCID record for D.G. Vaughan, Corr, H.F.J., Jenkins, A. ORCID record for A. Jenkins, Holland, P.R. ORCID record for P.R. Holland, Joughin, I., Fleming, A.H. ORCID record for A.H. Fleming. (2013) Pine Island Glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales. The Cryosphere, 7 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-7-1543-2013
Graham, Alastair G. C., Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Vaughan, David G. ORCID record for David G. Vaughan, Nitsche, Frank O., Gyllencreutz, Richard, Greenwood, Sarah L., Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins. (2013) Sea-bed corrugations beneath an Antarctic ice shelf revealed by autonomous underwater vehicle survey: Origin and implications for the history of Pine Island Glacier. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118 (). pp. doi:10.1002/jgrf.20087
Jacobs, S., Giulivi, C., Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux, Rignot, E., Nitsche, F., Mouginot, J.. (2013) Getz Ice Shelf melting response to changes in ocean forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118 (). pp. doi:10.1002/jgrc.20298
2012
Vaughan, David G. ORCID record for David G. Vaughan, Corr, Hugh F. J., Bindschadler, Robert A., Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar ORCID record for G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Newman, Thomas, Vornberger, Patricia, Wingham, Duncan J.. (2012) Subglacial melt channels and fracture in the floating part of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117 (). 10 pp. 10.1029/2012JF002360
Qu, Tangdong, Chiang, Tzu-Ling, Wu, Chau-Ron, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Hu, Dunxin. (2012) Mindanao current/undercurrent in an eddy-resolving GCM. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117 (). 16 pp. 10.1029/2011JC007838
Tortell, Phillippe D., Long, Matthew C., Payne, Christopher D., Alderkamp, Anne-Carlijn, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Arrigo, Kevin R.. (2012) Spatial distribution of pCO2, ΔO2/Ar and dimethylsulfide (DMS)in polynya waters and the sea ice zone of the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. Deep Sea Research II, 71-76 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.010
Jenkins, A. ORCID record for A. Jenkins, Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux, Jacobs, S., McPhail, S., Perrett, J., Webb, A., White, D.. (2012) Autonomous underwater vehicle exploration of the ocean cavity beneath an Antarctic ice shelf. Oceanography, 25 (). pp. 10.5670/oceanog.2012.95
2011
Cravatte, Sophie, Ganachaud, Alexandre, Duong, Quoc-Phi, Kessler, William S., Eldin, Gérard, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux. (2011) Observed circulation in the Solomon Sea from SADCP data. Progress in Oceanography, 88 (). pp. 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.12.015
Jacobs, Stanley S., Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Giulivi, Claudia F., Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux. (2011) Stronger ocean circulation and increased melting under Pine Island Glacier ice shelf. Nature Geoscience, 4 (). pp. 10.1038/ngeo1188
2010
Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Jacobs, Stanley S., McPhail, Stephen D., Perrett, James R., Webb, Andrew T., White, David. (2010) Observations beneath Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica and implications for its retreat. Nature Geoscience, 3 (). pp. doi:10.1038/ngeo890
Ascani, François, Firing, Eric, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, McCreary, Julian P., Ishida, Akio. (2010) Deep equatorial ocean circulation induced by a forced- dissipated Yanai beam. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40 (). pp. 10.1175/2010JPO4356.1
Slemons, Lia O., Murray, James W., Resing, Joseph, Paul, Barbara, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux. (2010) Western Pacific coastal sources of iron, manganese, and aluminum to the Equatorial Undercurrent. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 24 (). 16 pp. 10.1029/2009GB003693
Timmermann, R., Le Brocq, A., Deen, Tara, Domack, E., Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Galton-Fenzi, B., Hellmer, H., Humbert, A., Jansen, D., Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Lambrecht, A., Makinson, Keith ORCID record for Keith Makinson, Niederjasper, F., Nitsche, F., Nøst, O.A., Smedsrud, L.H., Smith, W.H.F.. (2010) A consistent data set of Antarctic ice sheet topography, cavity geometry, and global bathymetry. Earth System Science Data, 2 (). pp. 10.5194/essdd-3-231-2010
2009
Small, R. Justin, Richards, Kelvin J., Xie, Shang-Ping, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Miyama, Toru. (2009) Damping of tropical instability waves caused by the action of surface currents on stress. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114 (). 17 pp. 10.1029/2008JC005147
Bonnet, Sophie, Biegala, Isabelle C., Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Slemons, Lia O., Capone, Douglas G.. (2009) Nitrogen fixation in the western equatorial Pacific: Rates, diazotrophic cyanobacterial size class distribution, and biogeochemical significance. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 23 (). 13 pp. 10.1029/2008GB003439
Kashino, Yuji, Espana, Norievill, Syamsudin, Fadli, Richards, Kelvin J., Jensen, Tommy, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Ishida, Akio. (2009) Observations of the North Equatorial Current, Mindanao Current and Kuroshio current system during the 2006/07 El Nino and 2007/08 La Nina. Journal of Oceanography, 65 (). pp. 10.1007/s10872-009-0030-z
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- Observations of the North Equatorial Current, Mindanao Current and Kuroshio current system during the 2006/07 El Nino and 2007/08 La Nina
2023
Extreme snowfall in West Antarctica driving sea-level rise
News 21 March, 2023
2021
Antarctic glacier is ripping apart at ice front, causing it to gain speed
News 11 June, 2021
New autonomous robotic for RRS Sir David Attenborough
News 15 March, 2021
Glaciers accelerate in the Getz region of West Antarctica
News 23 February, 2021
2014
NEWS STORY: Glacier thinning at point of no return
News 14 January, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: Pine Island Glacier and climatic variability
News 2 January, 2014
2010
PRESS RELEASE: Ridge contributes to melting
News 20 June, 2010