FRIS Revisited in 2018: On the Circulation and Water Masses at the Filchner and Ronne Ice Shelves in the Southern Weddell Sea

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Janout, Markus A., Hellmer, Hartmut H., Hattermann, Tore, Huhn, Oliver, Sültenfuss, Jürgen, Østerhus, Svein, Stulic, Lukrecia, Ryan, Svenja, Schröder, Michael, Kanzow, Torsten, Hellmer, Hartmut H.; 1 Alfred‐Wegener‐Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven Germany, Hattermann, Tore; 2 Norwegian Polar Institute Tromsø Norway, Huhn, Oliver; 3 Institute of Environmental Physics University Bremen Germany, Sültenfuss, Jürgen; 3 Institute of Environmental Physics University Bremen Germany, Østerhus, Svein; 4 Norwegian Research Center Bergen Norway, Stulic, Lukrecia; 1 Alfred‐Wegener‐Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven Germany, Ryan, Svenja; 6 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole USA, Schröder, Michael; 1 Alfred‐Wegener‐Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven Germany, Kanzow, Torsten; 1 Alfred‐Wegener‐Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven Germany
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: ddc:551.46; Ocean circulation; ocean‐ice shelf interaction; water masses; Weddell Sea; Filcher and Ronne shelves; Antarctic; Austral; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner Trough; Berkner Bank; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017269; http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/9556

The Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) is characterized by moderate basal melt rates due to the near‐freezing waters that dominate the wide southern Weddell Sea continental shelf. We revisited the region in austral summer 2018 with detailed hydrographic and noble gas surveys along FRIS. The FRIS front...