Observations of tidal melt and vertical strain at the Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Vankova, Irena, Nicholls, Keith W., Corr, Hugh F.J., Makinson, Keith, Brennan, Paul V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2020
• Subjects: Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526557/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526557/1/Va-kov-_et_al-2020-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Earth_Surface.pdf; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019JF005280

The Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf experiences strong tidal forcing known to displace portions of the ice shelf by several meters over a tidal cycle. These large periodic displacements may cause significant variation of the ice shelf vertical strain. Further, tidal currents in the ice shelf cavity may be...