Tidal influences on a future evolution of the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf cavity in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Mueller, Rachael D.; Hattermann, Tore; Howard, Susan L.; Padman, Laurie

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-453-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-453-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-453-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

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06 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2018

Tidal influences on a future evolution of the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf cavity in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Rachael D. Mueller, Tore Hattermann, Susan L. Howard, and Laurie Padman

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee Comment', Hartmut Hellmer, 23 Aug 2017
- AC1: 'Response to comments by Dr. Hartmut Hellmer', Rachael Mueller, 28 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Review of MS No.: tc-2017-110', Keith Makinson, 07 Sep 2017
- AC2: 'Response to comments by Dr. Keith Makinson', Rachael Mueller, 28 Oct 2017
SC1: 'Interesting!', Ralph Timmermann, 28 Sep 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Dr. Timmermann’s comment', Rachael Mueller, 29 Oct 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Rachael Mueller on behalf of the Authors (21 Nov 2017)

ED: Publish as is (27 Nov 2017) by G. Hilmar Gudmundsson

AR by Rachael Mueller on behalf of the Authors (06 Dec 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

There is evidence that climate change in the Weddell Sea will cause warmer water to flow toward the icy continent and into the ocean cavity circulating beneath a thick (~ 1000 m) ice sheet extension that floats over the Weddell Sea, called the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS). This paper addresses the impact of this potential warming on the melting of FRIS. It evaluates the previously unexplored feedbacks between ice melting, changes in cavity geometry, tides, and circulation.