Impact of West Antarctic Ice Shelf melting on the Southern Ocean Hydrography

• Main Authors: Nakayama, Yoshihiro, Timmermann, Ralph, Hellmer, Hartmut
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Cape Darnley; Darnley; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2019-244; https://www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/tc-2019-244/

Previous studies show accelerations of West Antarctic glaciers, implying that basal melt rates of these glaciers were previously small and increased in the middle of the 20th century. This enhanced melting is a likely source of the observed Ross Sea (RS) freshening, but its long-term impact on the S...