The Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean: present knowledge and future challenges

M Vernet, W Geibert, M Hoppema… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Weddell Gyre (WG) is one of the main oceanographic features of the Southern
Ocean south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which plays an influential role in global …

Ocean tide influences on the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets

L Padman, MR Siegfried, HA Fricker - Reviews of Geophysics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean tides are the main source of high‐frequency variability in the vertical and horizontal
motion of ice sheets near their marine margins. Floating ice shelves, which occupy about …

Antarctic basal environment shaped by high-pressure flow through a subglacial river system

CF Dow, N Ross, H Jeofry, K Siu, MJ Siegert - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
The stability of ice sheets and their contributions to sea level are modulated by high-
pressure water that lubricates the base of the ice, facilitating rapid flow into the ocean. In …

[HTML][HTML] Future projections of Antarctic ice shelf melting based on CMIP5 scenarios

KA Naughten, KJ Meissner, BK Galton-Fenzi… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Future Projections of Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting Based on CMIP5 Scenarios in: Journal of
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Variable basal melt rates of Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves, 1994–2016

S Adusumilli, HA Fricker, MR Siegfried… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We have constructed 23‐year (1994–2016) time series of Antarctic Peninsula (AP)
ice‐shelf height change using data from four satellite radar altimeters (ERS‐1, ERS‐2 …

Necessary conditions for warm inflow toward the Filchner Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea

K Daae, T Hattermann, E Darelius… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding changes in Antarctic ice shelf basal melting is a major challenge for
predicting future sea level. Currently, warm Circumpolar Deep Water surrounding Antarctica …

Remote control of Filchner‐Ronne ice shelf melt rates by the Antarctic slope current

CYS Bull, A Jenkins, NC Jourdain… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The density‐driven winter intensification of the Ross Sea circulation

S Jendersie, MJM Williams… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The circulation over the Ross Sea continental shelf facilitates the exchange between the
Southern Ocean and the Ross Ice Shelf cavity. Here transport and mixing processes control …

Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses

DKA Barnes, CJ Sands, ML Paulsen, B Moreno… - The Science of …, 2021 - Springer
Diminishing prospects for environmental preservation under climate change are intensifying
efforts to boost capture, storage and sequestration (long-term burial) of carbon. However, as …

Ocean stratification and low melt rates at the Ross Ice Shelf grounding zone

CB Begeman, SM Tulaczyk, OJ Marsh… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean‐driven melting of ice shelves is a primary mechanism for ice loss from Antarctica.
However, due to the difficulty in accessing the sub‐ice shelf ocean cavity, the relationship …