Simulated heat flux and sea ice production at coastal polynyas in the southwestern Weddell Sea

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Haid, Verena, Timmermann, Ralph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2013
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Brunt Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32474/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jgrc.20133/abstract; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41922

Coastal polynyas are areas in an ice-covered ocean where the ice cover is exported, mostly by off-shore winds. The resulting reduction of sea ice enables an enhanced ocean-atmosphere heat transfer. Once the water temperatures are at the freezing point, further heat loss induces sea ice production. T...