Interannual variability beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Nicholls, Keith, Østerhus, Svein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Bergen University 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18157/; http://folk.uib.no/ngfso/FRISP/Rep14/nicholls.pdf

As a result of their importance in the production of Antarctic Bottom Water, processes over the Antarctic continental shelf have a strong impact on the global ocean. Some of the ice shelves that cover much of the continental shelf are thought to play a significant role in the production of AABW, particularly in the southern Weddell Sea [Foldvik and Gammelsrød, 1988]. The impact of the ocean on ice shelves is of interest from a glaciological perspective also, as ice shelves form the seaward boundary of much of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.