Long-term temperature trends in the deep waters of the Weddell Sea

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Robertson, R., Visbeck, Martin, Gordon, G., Fahrbach, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6658/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6658/1/1-s2.0-S0967064502001595-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00159-5

Warming of the deep water in the Weddell Sea has important implications for Antarctic bottom water formation, melting of pack ice, and the regional ocean–atmosphere heat transfer. In order to evaluate warming trends in the Weddell Sea, a historical data set encompassing CTD and bottle data from 1912...