Tides regulate the flow and density of Antarctic Bottom Water from the western Ross Sea

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Melissa M. Bowen, Denise Fernandez, Arnold L. Gordon, Bruce Huber, Pasquale Castagno, Pierpaolo Falco, Giorgio Budillon, Kathryn L. Gunn, Aitana Forcen-Vazquez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; Drygalski; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31008-w; https://doaj.org/article/5102e1dbb1d745e4856a1081600a4425

Abstract Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) stores heat and gases over decades to centuries after contact with the atmosphere during formation on the Antarctic shelf and subsequent flow into the global deep ocean. Dense water from the western Ross Sea, a primary source of AABW, shows changes in water pro...