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

• Published in: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
• Main Authors: Randall-Goodwin, E., Meredith, M. P., Jenkins, A., Yager, P. L., Sherrell, R. M., Abrahamsen, E. P., Guerrero, R., Yuan, X., Mortlock, R. A., Gavahan, K., Alderkamp, A.-C., Ducklow, H., Robertson, R., Stammerjohn, S. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioOne 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Amundsen Sea; Dotson Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508934/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508934/1/journal.elementa.000065.pdf; https://elementascience.org/articles/65

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...