Brief communication: Impacts of a developing polynya off Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica, triggered by grounding of iceberg B09B
The dramatic calving of the Mertz Glacier tongue in 2010, precipitated by the movement of iceberg B09B, reshaped the oceanographic regime across the Mertz Polynya and Commonwealth Bay, regions where high-salinity shelf water (HSSW) – the precursor to Antarctic bottom water (AABW) – is formed. Here w...
Published in: | The Cryosphere |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2603-2016 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00011261 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00011218/tc-10-2603-2016.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/10/2603/2016/tc-10-2603-2016.pdf |