Preconditioning and Formation of Maud Rise Polynyas in a High-Resolution Earth System Model

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Main Authors: Kurtakoti, Prajvala, Veneziani, Milena, Stössel, Achim, Weijer, Wilbert
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 58 GEOSCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Maud Rise; Antarc*; ice pack
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1483544; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1483544; https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0392.1

Open-ocean polynyas (OOPs) in the Southern Ocean are ice-free areas within the winter ice pack that are associated with deep convection, potentially contributing to the formation of Antarctic Bottom Water. To enhance the credibility of Earth system models (ESMs), their ability to simulate OOPs reali...