Open-ocean polynyas and deep convection in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Cheon, Woo Geun, Gordon, Arnold L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
• Subjects: Article; Austral; Greenwich; Maud Rise; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502842/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31061471; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43466-2

An open-ocean polynya is a large ice-free area surrounded by sea ice. The Maud Rise Polynya in the Southern Ocean occasionally occurs during the austral winter and spring seasons in the vicinity of Maud Rise near the Greenwich Meridian. In the mid-1970s the Maud Rise Polynya served as a precursor to...