US/Chinese Collaborative Study: Investigation of Bottom Water Formation in Prydz Bay, Antarctica

• Main Author: Yuan, Xiaojun
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2012
• Subjects: CTD; Mooring; Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Physical Oceanography; Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Oceans; Prydz Bay; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Indian; Antarctic Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600126

Abstract: Processess governing the formation of Antarctic bottom water (AABW) in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean remain poorly described. As with AABW formation in more well studied regions of the Antarctic continent, global climate impacts of the source regions of this dense, cold wat...