Sensitivity of the Weddell Sea sector ice streams to sub-shelf melting and surface accumulation

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Wright, AP, Le Brocq, A.M., Cornford, Stephen, Bingham, R.G., Corr, H.F.J., Ferraccioli, F, Jordan, T.A., Payne, AJ, Rippin, D.M., Ross, N, Siegert, M.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union / Copernicus GmbH 2014
• Subjects: Evans Ice Stream; Ronne Ice Shelf; Rutford; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/17237; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2119-2014

Journal Article Copyright © Author(s) 2014. A recent ocean modelling study indicates that possible changes in circulation may bring warm deep-ocean water into direct contact with the grounding lines of the Filchner-Ronne ice streams, suggesting the potential for future ice losses from this sector eq...