Simulation of coastal polynyas and associated ocean processes in the western Weddell Sea

• Main Authors: Haid, Verena, Timmermann, Ralph, Heinemann, Günther, Ebner, Lars
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Riiser-Larsen; Brunt Ice Shelf; Berkner Bank; Ronne Basin; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/26467/

For the formation and modification of water masses in the polar oceans the surface processes of freezing and melting are of great importance. At coastal polynyas, a major fraction of the annual ice production of the high-latitude oceans takes place, since they are usually kept open mechanically, pri...