Ocean Variability Beneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Inferred From Basal Melt Rate Time Series

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Vaňková, Irena, Nicholls, Keith W.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Ronne Ice Shelf; Berkner Island; Ronne Ice Front; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1891845; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1891845; https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jc018879

Fourteen phase-sensitive radars (ApRES) were deployed on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) to measure variability in its basal melt rate. Melt rates from sites along the Ronne Depression vary seasonally, consistent with the dynamics of the propagation of seasonal dense water from the western ice f...