Freshening of Antarctic Bottom Water Off Cape Darnley, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Aoki, S., Katsumata, K., Hamaguchi, M., Noda, A., Kitade, Y., Shimada, K., Hirano, D., Simizu, D., Aoyama, Y., Doi, K., Nogi, Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: freshening; Antarctic Bottom Water; Cape Darnley; polynya; Weddell Gyre; East Antarctica; 450; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Darnley; Cooperation Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Cosmonaut sea
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/80366; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016374

Recently, a source of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) was identified off Cape Darnley at the eastern end of the Weddell-Enderby Basin. However, the behavior and long-term variability of Cape Darnley Bottom Water (CDBW) are not clearly understood. Hydrographic observations from 1974 to 2016 were compar...