Improving Antarctic Bottom Water precursors in NEMO for climate applications

• Published in: Geoscientific Model Development
• Main Authors: K. Hutchinson, J. Deshayes, C. Éthé, C. Rousset, C. de Lavergne, M. Vancoppenolle, N. C. Jourdain, P. Mathiot
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3629-2023; https://doaj.org/article/723d390541684a958e6513d895e1382b

The world's largest ice shelves are found in the Antarctic Weddell Sea and Ross Sea where complex interactions between the atmosphere, sea ice, ice shelves and ocean transform shelf waters into High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW) and Ice Shelf Water (ISW), the parent waters of Antarctic Bottom Wat...