Sudden, local temperature increase above the continental slope in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Darelius, Elin, Dundas, Vår, Janout, Markus, Tippenhauer, Sandra
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Filchner Trough; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-671-2023; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/19/671/2023/

Around most of Antarctica, the Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) shows a warming trend. At the same time, the thermocline is shoaling, thereby increasing the potential for CDW to enter the shallow continental shelves and ultimately increase basal melt in the ice shelf cavities that line the coast. Simila...