On the freshening of the northwestern Weddell Sea continental shelf

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Hellmer, Hartmut H., Huhn, Oliver, Gomis, Damià, Timmermann, Ralph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Bransfield Strait; Central Basin; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/46950; https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-305-2011

12 páginas, 10 figuras, 2 tablas. 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...