Necessary conditions for warm inflow towards the Filchner Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Daae, K., Hattermann, T., Darelius, E., Mueller, R., Naughten, K., Timmerman, R., Hellmer, H.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner Trough; Filchner Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528011/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528011/1/2020GL089237.pdf; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020GL089237

Understanding changes in Antarctic ice shelf basal melting is a major challenge for predicting future sea level. Currently, warm Circumpolar Deep Water surrounding Antarctica has limited access to the Weddell Sea continental shelf; consequently, melt‐rates at Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf are low. Howeve...