Observations of the modulation of ice shelf basal melt rates by mesoscale oceanographic features

• Main Authors: Nicholls, K., Osterhus, S., Vankova, I., Buckingham, C.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5020482

We report on observations from instruments deployed on a pair of moorings sited ~5 km apart, beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Measurements of temperature, salinity and current velocities for the period from early 2015 to mid-2019 demonstrate strong variability at timescales from tidal to interan...