Necessary Conditions for Warm Inflow Toward the Filchner Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Daae, Kjersti, Hattermann, Tore, Darelius, Elin Maria K., Mueller, Rachael D., Naughten, Kaitlin A, Timmermann, Ralph, Hellmer, Hartmut H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Filchner Ice Shelf; Filchner Trough; Ronne Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2733111; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089237

Understanding changes in Antarctic ice shelf basal melting is a major challenge for predicting future sea level. Currently, warm Circumpolar Deep Water surrounding Antarctica has limited access to the Weddell Sea continental shelf; consequently, melt rates at Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf are low. Howeve...