Tidal influences on a future evolution of the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf cavity in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Mueller, Rachael D., Hattermann, Tore, Howard, Susan L., Padman, Laurie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-453-2018; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/12/453/2018/

Recent modeling studies of ocean circulation in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica, project an increase over this century of ocean heat into the cavity beneath Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS). This increase in ocean heat would lead to more basal melting and a modification of the FRIS ice draft. Th...