Abstract This paper presents results from a model study of the interannual variability of high salinity shelf water (HSSW) properties in the Ross Sea. Salinity and po-tential temperature of HSSW formed in the western Ross Sea show oscillatory behaviour at periods of 5–6 and 9 years superimposed on l...

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Main Authors: Karen M. Assmann, Æ Ralph Timmermann
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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.476.6329 2023-05-15T18:07:31+02:00 Karen M. Assmann Æ Ralph Timmermann The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.476.6329 http://epic.awi.de/10222/1/Ass2004a.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.476.6329 http://epic.awi.de/10222/1/Ass2004a.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://epic.awi.de/10222/1/Ass2004a.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T07:37:47Z Abstract This paper presents results from a model study of the interannual variability of high salinity shelf water (HSSW) properties in the Ross Sea. Salinity and po-tential temperature of HSSW formed in the western Ross Sea show oscillatory behaviour at periods of 5–6 and 9 years superimposed on long-term fluctuations. While the shorter oscillations are induced by wind var-iability, variability on the scale of decades appears to be related to air temperature fluctuations. At least part of the strong decrease of HSSW salinities deduced from observations for the period 1963–2000 is shown to be an aliasing artefact due to an undersampling of the periodic signal. While sea ice formation is responsible for the yearly salinity increase that triggers the formation of HSSW, interannual variability of net freezing rates Text Ross Sea Sea ice Unknown Ross Sea
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