Sea-ice coverage and water mass transports in the Powell Basin

• Main Authors: Olivé Abelló, Anna, Pelegrí, Josep Lluís
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Austral; Scotia Sea; Reykjavík; Weddell; South Scotia Ridge; Powell Basin; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Iceland; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/333176

Cryosphere 2022 - International Symposium on Ice, Snow and Water in a Warming World, 21-26 August 2022, Reykjavík, Iceland The cold and densest Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) results from negative buoyancy and brine rejection during sea-ice formation. Once formed at the shelf, AABW sinks to the seafl...