On the Cooling and Freshening of Antarctic Intermediate Water in the South Pacific Ocean Between 1970 and 2018

• Main Author: Racioppi, Alexis
• Other Authors: College of Arts and Sciences, Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program - Environmental Science, Cable, Jaye
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Lyttelton; Pacific; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17615/zr2e-k427; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/vx021m571?file=thumbnail; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/vx021m571

Global warming is a driver of sometimes subtle shifts in climate patterns. One such area where subtle changes occur is deep ocean water formation, where alterations in processes regulating water density may impact surface conditions that determine water mass density (e.g., precipitation/evaporation,...