Variability in the properties of the bottom water in the Weddell Sea

• Main Authors: Fahrbach, Eberhard, Heywood, K.J., Hoppema, Mario, Rohardt, Gerd, Thompson, A. F.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Larsen Ice Shelf; Weddell Basin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/30594/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.39541

The Weddell Sea is the primary source of the coldest, densest water invading most of the world ocean, known as Antarctic Bottom Water. The formation process involves brine rejection during sea ice formation on the Antarctic continental shelf, injection of meltwater from the floating Antarctic ice sh...