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Ocean circulation and water mass transformation beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf:Results from a 3-Docean model
Keith Makinson
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, U.K.
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Bathymetry contours in 100’s of metres (after Nicholls and Østerhus, 2004)
FRIS sub-ice shelf circulation (OBS)
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Model domain
Bathymetry Weddell Sea
Filc
hner
Dep
ress
ion
Berkner Shelf
Ronne
Dep
ress
ion
km
• MICOM with ice shelves• 0.35o grid (9 km x 9 km @ 76.5oS)• 15 isopycnic layers + mixed layer• Season surface salinity forcing• Tidal forcing• Run for 20 years
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Weddell Sea
Filchner Depression
Berkner Shelf
Filchner Ice Shelf
HSSW inflow & pooling in deep depressions
Layer 16
Layer 12
Layer 15
Layerthickness
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Weddell Sea
Ronne Depression
Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner Ice Shelf
How do dense water masses escape the deep depressions ?
(1) Interact with ice shelf (i.e. follow Gade line)(2) Mix with other water masses
Fox sites
SillISW
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Filchner Depression – mean annual circulation
Meltwater fraction
(ppt)
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Meltwater fraction
(ppt)
Filchner Depression – mean annual circulation
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Filchner-Ronne Ice Front CTD sections
From Gammelsrod et al, 1994
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600 m
Filchner Ice Front temperature & velocity at 600 m
oC
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200 m
Filchner Ice Front temperature & velocity at 200 m
oC
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800 m
Filchner Ice Front temperature & velocity at 800 m
oC
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Filchner Ice Front mixing
SillISW Fox site
s
(1) Interact with ice shelf i.e. follow Gade line (2) Mix with other water masses
FilchnerIce Front
Berkner ShelfCoastal Current
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600m
Meridional velocity & layer number at 77.5oScm/s
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Filchner Sill Layer thickness (m)
Layer 10 velocity
FR2FR1
Meridional velocity& layer number at 75oS
cm/s
FR1FR2
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FRIS sub-ice shelf circulation (Obs)
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FRIS sub-ice shelf circulation (Model)
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• Dense water inflows routes similar to observations
• Recirculation in Filchner Depression limited to ice front region
• Primary ISW outflow occurs on eastern side of the depression
• Convergence and mixing of water masses at Filchner Ice Front results in ISW that can escape over the sill
• The northward flow of ISW is gathered along to the eastern slope of Filchner Depression
Summary
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