The Response of Sea Ice and High-Salinity Shelf Water in the Ross Ice Shelf Polynya to Cyclonic Atmosphere Circulations

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Wang, Xiaoqiao, Zhang, Zhaoru, Dinniman, Michael S., Uotila, Petteri, Li, Xichen, Zhou, Meng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic bottom water; Atmospheric circulation; Atmospheric models; Bottom water; Climate; Coastal circulation; Coasts; Cyclones; Cyclonic circulation; Ice formation; Ice shelves; Land ice; Meridional wind; Mesoscale cyclones; Mesoscale phenomena; Ocean circulation; Ocean currents; Oceans; Offshore; Polynyas; Precipitation; Salinity; Salinity effects; Sea currents; Sea ice; Sea surface; Thermohaline circulation; Water circulation; Wind; Winds; Hydrology; Oceanography; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Ross Ice Shelf; Drygalski; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccpo_pubs/384; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1107-2023; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/ccpo_pubs/article/1388/viewcontent/Dinniman_2023_TheResponseofSeaIceandHighSalinityOCR.pdf

Coastal polynyas in the Ross Sea are important source regions of high-salinity shelf water (HSSW) – the precursor of Antarctic Bottom Water that supplies the lower limb of the thermohaline circulation. Here, the response of sea ice production and HSSW formation to synoptic-scale and mesoscale cyclon...