Physical oceanography and current measurements in the Filchner Depression (Weddell Sea, Antarctica) during Ernest Shackleton cruise ES060

• Main Authors: Darelius, Elin, Fer, Ilker
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Berkner Island; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.845032; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.845032

Cold and dense ice shelf water (ISW) emerging from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf cavity in the southwestern Weddell Sea flows northward through the Filchner Depression to eventually descend the continental slope and contribute to the formation of bottom water. New ship-born observations of hydrograph...