Hydrography and circulation in the Filchner Depression, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Darelius, E., Makinson, K., Daae, K., Fer, I., Holland, P.R., Nicholls, K.W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2014
• Subjects: Weddell Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Berkner Island; Filchner Ice Front; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/507370/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/507370/1/jgrc20852.pdf; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2014JC010225

Cold and dense Ice Shelf Water (ISW) emerging from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf cavity in the southwestern Weddell Sea flows northward through the Filchner Depression to eventually descend the continental slope and contribute to the formation of bottom water. New ship-born observations of hydrograph...