Glacial ice and atmospheric forcing on the Mertz Glacier Polynya over the past 250 years

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: CAMPAGNE, Philippine, CROSTA, Xavier, HOUSSAIS, Marie-Noëlle, SWINGEDOUW, Didier, SCHMIDT, Sabine, MARTIN, Antoine, DEVRED, E., CAPO, Sylvain, MARIEU, Vincent, MASSÉ, Guillaume, CLOSSET, Ivia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Planète et Univers [physics]/Océan; Atmosphère; Planète et Univers [physics]/Sciences de la Terre/Océanographie; Planète et Univers [physics]/Sciences de la Terre/Climatologie; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; George V Land; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/199775; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12278/199775; https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7642

The Mertz Glacier Polynya off George V Land, East Antarctica, is a source of Adélie Land Bottom Water, which contributes up to B25% of the Antarctic Bottom Water. This major polynya is closely linked to the presence of the Mertz Glacier Tongue that traps pack ice upstream. In 2010, the Mertz Glacier...