Plumbing the depths - the waters of the Ross Sea
The first oceanographic measurements in the Ross Sea were made by its discoverer James Clark Ross, from the Erebus, on 18 January 1841. Since that time its continental shelf, seasonally ice free in most years, has proved a magnet to explorers and scientists, if not to fishermen and tourists. Neverth...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102003001172 2024-03-03T08:37:27+00:00 Plumbing the depths - the waters of the Ross Sea JACOBS, STANLEY S. 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102003001172 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102003001172 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 15, issue 1, page 1-1 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 Geology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2003 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102003001172 2024-02-08T08:36:25Z The first oceanographic measurements in the Ross Sea were made by its discoverer James Clark Ross, from the Erebus, on 18 January 1841. Since that time its continental shelf, seasonally ice free in most years, has proved a magnet to explorers and scientists, if not to fishermen and tourists. Nevertheless, our knowledge of this environment is rapidly being outpaced by our ignorance of its variability. For example, the Ross Sea contains two of the largest, most persistent polynyas on the Antarctic coastline, but its sea ice extent has increased over recent decades while its salinity has steadily declined. Are regional winds now stronger, the ocean circulation faster, and the ice thinner now than at the time of the IGY? Are its winter polynyas characterized more by upwelling driven by offshore winds, or downwelling due to brine release when sea ice is formed? How are polynya surface layers stabilized and iron-enriched, reportedly enhancing summer productivity, if the ice cover is blown away before it can melt in situ ? Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Science Ross Sea Sea ice Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Ross Sea Antarctic Science 15 1 1 1 |
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The first oceanographic measurements in the Ross Sea were made by its discoverer James Clark Ross, from the Erebus, on 18 January 1841. Since that time its continental shelf, seasonally ice free in most years, has proved a magnet to explorers and scientists, if not to fishermen and tourists. Nevertheless, our knowledge of this environment is rapidly being outpaced by our ignorance of its variability. For example, the Ross Sea contains two of the largest, most persistent polynyas on the Antarctic coastline, but its sea ice extent has increased over recent decades while its salinity has steadily declined. Are regional winds now stronger, the ocean circulation faster, and the ice thinner now than at the time of the IGY? Are its winter polynyas characterized more by upwelling driven by offshore winds, or downwelling due to brine release when sea ice is formed? How are polynya surface layers stabilized and iron-enriched, reportedly enhancing summer productivity, if the ice cover is blown away before it can melt in situ ? |
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