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 …

Animal-borne telemetry: an integral component of the ocean observing toolkit

R Harcourt, AMM Sequeira, X Zhang… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Animal telemetry is a powerful tool for observing marine animals and the physical
environments that they inhabit, from coastal and continental shelf ecosystems to polar seas …

[HTML][HTML] Climate effects on temporal and spatial dynamics of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Barents Sea

P Dalpadado, KR Arrigo, GL van Dijken… - Progress in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Temporal and spatial dynamics of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Barents Sea have
been investigated during the last three decades using remote sensing and in situ …

[HTML][HTML] Antarctic ice rises and rumples: Their properties and significance for ice-sheet dynamics and evolution

K Matsuoka, RCA Hindmarsh, G Moholdt… - Earth-science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Locally grounded features in ice shelves, called ice rises and rumples, play a key role
buttressing discharge from the Antarctic Ice Sheet and regulating its contribution to sea level …

The fate of the southern Weddell Sea continental shelf in a warming climate

HH Hellmer, F Kauker, R Timmermann… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Warm water of open ocean origin on the continental shelf of the Amundsen and
Bellingshausen Seas causes the highest basal melt rates reported for Antarctic ice shelves …

Observational evidence for on-shelf heat transport driven by dense water export in the Weddell Sea

E Darelius, K Daae, V Dundas, I Fer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The transport of oceanic heat towards the Antarctic continental margin is central to the mass
balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Recent modeling efforts challenge our view on where and …

A Southern Indian Ocean database of hydrographic profiles obtained with instrumented elephant seals

F Roquet, G Williams, MA Hindell, R Harcourt… - Scientific data, 2014 - nature.com
The instrumentation of southern elephant seals with satellite-linked CTD tags has offered
unique temporal and spatial coverage of the Southern Indian Ocean since 2004. This …

Warming beneath an East Antarctic ice shelf due to increased subpolar westerlies and reduced sea ice

J Lauber, T Hattermann, L de Steur, E Darelius… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding how climate change influences ocean-driven melting of the Antarctic ice
shelves is one of the greatest challenges for projecting future sea level rise. The East …

Observed vulnerability of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf to wind-driven inflow of warm deep water

E Darelius, I Fer, KW Nicholls - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
The average rate of melting at the base of the large Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in the southern
Weddell Sea is currently low, but projected to increase dramatically within the next century …

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 …