The response of sea ice and high salinity shelf water in the Ross Ice Shelf Polynya to cyclonic atmosphere circulations

• Main Authors: Wang, Xiaoqiao, Zhang, Zhaoru, Dinniman, Michael S., Uotila, Petteri, Li, Xichen, Zhou, Meng
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Drygalski; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2022-160; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2022-160/

Coastal polynyas in the Ross Sea are important source regions of high salinity shelf water (HSSW) – the precursor of Antarctic Bottom Water that supplies the lower limb of the thermohaline circulation. Here, the response of sea ice production and HSSW formation to synoptic- and meso-scale cyclones w...