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Record of water mass age and meltwater fractions, Weddell Sea

The ocean-ice shelf interaction at the Antarctic continental margins is one important driver for Antarctic Bottom Water formation. On the broad shelves, e.g., in the southern Weddell Sea, it contributes to the formation of dense water, that still prevents the intrusion of warmer water onto the shelf and towards the floating ice tongue of the largest ice shelf of the world, the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf.

On a RV POLARSTERN expedition in that region in 2021 we obtained hydrographic and trace gas measurements, from which we derived variables such as basal glacial meltwater (GMW) fractions and water mass ages. The trace gases comprise the lighter noble gasses, i.e., helium (He) and neon (Ne), as well as the anthropogenic transient trace gases chlorofluorocarbon (CFC-12) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). From the noble gases He and Ne we derived glacial meltwater fractions, and from the transient tracers we computed water mass ages, which we like to present and discuss.

Our speaker

Oliver has worked as a scientific employee in the Physical Oceanography department at the University of Bremen, in Germany, for more than two decades. His focus is on the application of trace gas observations, investigating ocean-ice shelf interaction and dense water formation in both polar regions.

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The Climate Coffees are organized by the Horizon Europe projects OCEAN:ICE, ObsSea4Clim, TipESM, the Danish Meteorological Institute and the European Climate Research Alliance.

Looking forward to seeing you at this Climate Coffee!

Chiara, Erika (DMI) and Sissi (ECRA)

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