Subsurface floats in the Filchner Trough provide first direct under-ice tracks of eddies and circulation on shelf

• Main Authors: Sallée, Jean-Baptiste, Vignes, Lucie, Minière, Audrey, Steiger, Nadine, Pauthenet, Etienne, Lourenco, Antonio, Speer, Kevin, Lazarevich, Peter, Nicholls, Keith
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Brunt Ice Shelf; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2952; https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-2952/

Bottom water formation in the Weddell Sea and mass loss from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf are tightly linked by the supply of Warm Deep Water to the continental shelf. Heavy sea ice cover and icebergs restrict ship access and upper ocean measurements by moorings, compelling us to try new sampling me...