Simulation of coastal polynyas in the western Weddell Sea

• Main Authors: Haid, Verena, Timmermann, Ralph
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Alfred Wegener Institute; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/26468/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/26468/1/EGU2010-5225.pdf; http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-5225.pdf

Coastal polynyas play a prominent role in the formation and modification of water masses in the polar oceans. A coastal polynya is usually kept open mechanically, primarily by winds, and the ocean surface is at freezing point. Thus a major fraction of the annual ice production of the high-latitude o...