Freshwater distributions and water mass structure in the Amundsen Sea Polynya region, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Randall-Goodwin, E., Meredith, M. P., Jenkins, A., Yager, P. L., Sherell, R. M., Abrahamsen, E. P., Guerrero, R., Yuan, Xiaojun, Mortlock, R. A., Gavahan, K., Alderkamp, A.-C., Ducklow, Hugh W., Robertson, R., Stammerjohn, S. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Water masses; Fresh water; Polynyas; Oceanography; Amundsen Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Dotson Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/25xj-4p63

We present the first densely-sampled hydrographic survey of the Amundsen Sea Polynya (ASP) region, including a detailed characterization of its freshwater distributions. Multiple components contribute to the freshwater budget, including precipitation, sea ice melt, basal ice shelf melt, and iceberg...