On the freshening of the northwestern Weddell Sea continental shelf

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Hellmer, H. H., Huhn, O., Gomis, D., Timmermann, R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Bransfield Strait; Central Basin; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-305-2011; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/7/305/2011/

We analyzed hydrographic data from the northwestern Weddell Sea continental shelf of the three austral winters 1989, 1997, and 2006 and two summers following the last winter cruise. During summer a thermal front exists at ~64° S separating cold southern waters from warm northern waters that have sim...