Southern Weddell Sea surface freshwater flux modulated by icescape and atmospheric forcing

• Main Authors: Štulić, Lukrecia, Timmermann, Ralph, Paul, Stephan, Zentek, Rolf, Heinemann, Günther, Kanzow, Torsten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Brunt Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-690; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00065986; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00064490/egusphere-2023-690.pdf; https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-690/egusphere-2023-690.pdf

Sea-ice formation dominates surface salt forcing in the southern Weddell Sea. Brine rejected in the process of sea-ice production results in the production of High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW) that feeds the global overturning circulation and fuels the basal melt of the adjacent ice shelf. The strong...