Causes and impacts of anomalous warming in the Prydz Bay, East Antarctica during austral summer 2016-17

• Published in: Polar Science
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Advection; Surface heat flux; Mixed layer warming; Prydz bay; East Antarctica; Austral; Prydz Bay; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Polar Science; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=16865; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00016735/

Understanding of the coastal waters of Antarctica is crucial in determining the ocean-ice system response to climate change. In this study, using hydrography data we have provided the observational evidence of anomalous warming (>1 °C) in the Prydz Bay during austral summer. Even though the warmi...