Modelling the impact of ocean warming on melting and water masses of ice shelves in the Eastern Weddell Sea

• Published in: Ocean Dynamics
• Main Authors: Thoma, Malte, Grosfeld, Klaus, Makinson, Keith, Lange, Manfred A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer Heidelberg 2010
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Meteorology and Climatology; Glaciology; Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10677/

The Eastern Weddell Ice Shelves (EWIS) are believed to modify the water masses of the coastal current and thus preconditions the water mass formation in the southern and western Weddell Sea. We apply various ocean warming scenarios to investigate the impact on the temperature-salinity distribution a...