The fate of the southern Weddell Sea continental shelf in a warming climate

• Main Authors: Hellmer, Hartmut, Kauker, Frank, Timmermann, Ralph, Hattermann, Tore
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44976/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44976/1/Hellmeretal.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.51247; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.51247.d001

Simulations using coupled ice-ocean models forced with the atmospheric output of the HadCM3 SRES-A1B scenario run show that the circulation in the southern Weddell Sea changes during the 21st century. Derivatives of Circumpolar Deep Water are directed southward underneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shel...