Observation and modeling the iceberg drift in the eastern Weddell Sea iceberg alley

• Main Authors: Wesche, Christine, Rackow, Thomas, Dierking, Wolfgang
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Fimbul Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34767/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34767/1/hobart_cwesche_final.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42940; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42940.d001

The continental shelf of the eastern Weddell Sea is known as “iceberg alley”. Icebergs that calve at the coast of East Antarctica drift with the coastal current along the Fimbul Ice Shelf towards the Weddell Sea (Gladstone et al., 2001). In the beginning of 2006, three large icebergs passed the Ekst...