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

oleh: Elin Darelius, Kjersti Daae, Vår Dundas, Ilker Fer, Hartmut H. Hellmer, Markus Janout, Keith W. Nicholls, Jean-Baptiste Sallée, Svein Østerhus

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01

Deskripsi

Recent modeling challenges our view on where the on-shelf heat flux in Antarctica occurs, suggesting it to be large where dense waters descend the continental slope. The authors provide observational evidence from the Weddell Sea supporting this claim.