Unprecedented strong Modified Warm Deep Water flow towards Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 2017

• Main Authors: Ryan, Svenja, Hellmer, Hartmut H., Schröder, Michael, Janout, Markus, Darelius, Elin
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Brunt Ice Shelf; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/49519/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.8a115124-8591-45d3-bc2e-809edb2cbef9

The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS), fringing the southern Weddell Sea, plays a key role in the formation of Weddell Sea Deep and Bottom Water, which are precursors of world ocean’s AABW. At present, a large continental shelf covered with cold and dense water protects FRIS from intense basal melting...