The eect of McMurdo Sound topography on water mass exchange across the Ross Ice Shelf front

The southwestern Ross Sea continental shelf acts as formation site for highly dense shelf waters because of strong brine release due to vigorous sea ice production in the Ross Sea polynya (Jacobs & Guilivi 1998, Assmann et al. 2003). In this context it has been debated whether the topography of...

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Main Author: Karen M. Assmann
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
McMurdo Sound
Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Sea
Ice Shelf
Sea ice
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.508.1149
http://folk.uib.no/ngfls/frisp/Rep15/assmann.pdf
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Summary:The southwestern Ross Sea continental shelf acts as formation site for highly dense shelf waters because of strong brine release due to vigorous sea ice production in the Ross Sea polynya (Jacobs & Guilivi 1998, Assmann et al. 2003). In this context it has been debated whether the topography of McMurdo Sound permits exchange with the

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