On the freshening of the northwestern Weddell Sea continental shelf

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: H. H. Hellmer, O. Huhn, D. Gomis, R. Timmermann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Bransfield Strait; Central Basin; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-305-2011; http://www.ocean-sci.net/7/305/2011/os-7-305-2011.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/a287acbbac3545c4b7929cd20e132da0

We analyzed hydrographic data from the northwestern Weddell Sea continental shelf of the three austral winters 1989, 1997, and 2006 and two summers following the last winter cruise. During summer a thermal front exists at ~64° S separating cold southern waters from warm northern waters that have sim...