Study of the circulation and modification of circumpolar deep water on the south-western Weddell Sea continental shelf, Antarctica
Antarctica and its surrounding seas are an important area regarding the climate regulation as well as an region highly impacted by climate change. Despite the paramount importance of this region, it is still largely under sampled in comparison with the other oceanic basins. Oceanic circulation aroun...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | French |
Published: |
HAL CCSD
2021
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://theses.hal.science/tel-03640682 https://theses.hal.science/tel-03640682/document https://theses.hal.science/tel-03640682/file/VIGNES_Lucie_2021.pdf |
Summary: | Antarctica and its surrounding seas are an important area regarding the climate regulation as well as an region highly impacted by climate change. Despite the paramount importance of this region, it is still largely under sampled in comparison with the other oceanic basins. Oceanic circulation around the antarctic margins regulates ice shelves melts and their buttressing effect on the antarctic Ice sheet, as well as the deep heat storage induced by vertical water masses movements. Thus understading the water mass circulation around Antarctica is fundamental for our comprehension of the global oceanic circulation, as well as the contribution of the Antarctic ice sheet to the sea level rise. In this manuscript I propose a study of a region on the antarctic margins : the Weddell Sea. This sea is the home region of the largest of the antarctic ice shelf, it is also the region producing the most important volume of deep waters. However the ocean-cryosphere processes in this region as still poorly understood. Some studies showed a subtle equilibrium and that the Weddell Sea, in response to the climate change, could be deeply modified and lead to a important melt of the ice shelf and a drastic reduction of the deep water formation. However, as long as our observations don’t allow us the better understand the processes at work, we can not refine our understanding of the Weddell Sea. L'Antarctique et les mers l'entourant sont des zones centrales pour la régulation du climat terrestre ainsi qu'une des zones sujettes à de nombreuses modifications sous l'action du changement climatique. Malgré l'importance de cette région, celle-ci reste largement sous-échantillonnée par rapport au reste des grands bassins océaniques. La circulation océanique sur le pourtour antarctique conditionne la fonte des plateformes glaciaires flottantes et leur effet arc-boutant pour la calotte glaciaire dans son ensemble, ainsi que le stockage de chaleur profond lié à la circulation verticale des masses d’eaux. Ainsi, comprendre la circulation ... |
---|