Remote control of Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf melt rates by the Antarctic Slope Current

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Bull, Christopher, Jenkins, Adrian, Jourdain, Nicolas C., Vaňková, Irena, Holland, Paul R., Mathiot, Pierre, Hausmann, Ute, Sallée, Jean‐Baptiste
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2021
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; F900 Others in Physical Sciences; Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/45301/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc016550; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/45301/9/2020JC016550.pdf; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/45301/1/2020JC016550.pdf

Recent work on the Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) system has shown that a redirection of the coastal current in the southeastern Weddell Sea could lead to a regime change in which an intrusion of warm Modified Circumpolar Deep Water results in large increases in the basal melt rate. Work to date ha...