Explaining the Weddell Polynya--a Large Ocean Eddy Shed at Maud Rise
Satellite observations have shown the occasional occurrence of a large opening in the sea-ice cover of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, a phenomenon known as the Weddell Polynya. The transient appearance, position, size, and shape of the polynya is explained here by a mechanism by which modest variation...
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2001
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1059322 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1059322 |