Sensitivity of the Weddell Sea sector ice streams to sub-shelf melting and surface accumulation

• Main Authors: Wright, A.P., Le Brocq, A.M., Cornford, S.L., Bingham, R.G., Corr, H.F.J., Ferraccioli, F., Jordan, T.A., Payne, A.J., Rippin, D.M., Ross, N., Siegert, M.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union 2014
• Subjects: Weddell Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Rutford; Evans Ice Stream; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502707/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502707/1/tc-8-2119-2014.pdf

A recent ocean modelling study indicates that possible changes in circulation may bring warm deep-ocean water into direct contact with the grounding lines of the Filchner–Ronne ice streams, suggesting the potential for future ice losses from this sector equivalent to ~0.3 m of sea-level rise. Signif...