Effect of critical latitude and seasonal stratification on tidal current profiles along Ronne Ice Front, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Makinson, Keith, Schröder, Michael, Østerhus, Svein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2006
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Oseanografi: 452; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450; Ronne Ice Front; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/1163; https://doi.org/10.1029/2005jc003062

The ice front region of Ronne Ice Shelf lies near the critical latitude of the semidiurnal M2 tide, the principal tidal constituent in the southern Weddell Sea. Here the Coriolis frequency almost equals the M2 tidal frequency, resulting in a strong dependence of the M2 tidal currents on depth and st...