FRIS Revisited in 2018: On the Circulation and Water Masses at the Filchner and Ronne Ice Shelves in the Southern Weddell Sea

• Main Authors: Janout, Markus A., Hellmer, Hartmut H., Hattermann, Tore, Huhn, Oliver, Sültenfuss, Jürgen, Østerhus, Svein, Stulic, Lukrecia, Ryan, Svenja, Schröder, Michael, Kanzow, Torsten
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: FID GEO 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Berkner Bank; Filchner Ice Shelf; Filchner Trough; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Alfred Wegener Institute; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-5210; https://e-docs.geo-leo.de/handle/11858/9556

The Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) is characterized by moderate basal melt rates due to the near‐freezing waters that dominate the wide southern Weddell Sea continental shelf. We revisited the region in austral summer 2018 with detailed hydrographic and noble gas surveys along FRIS. The FRIS front...