The role of tides in bottom water export from the western Ross Sea

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Bowen, Melissa M., Fernandez, Denise, Forcen-Vazquez, Aitana, Gordon, Arnold L., Huber, Bruce, Castagno, Pasquale, Falco, Pierpaolo
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
• Subjects: Article; Adare; Antarctic; Cape Adare; Drygalski; Ross Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7838284/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81793-5

Approximately 25% of Antarctic Bottom Water has its origin as dense water exiting the western Ross Sea, but little is known about what controls the release of dense water plumes from the Drygalski Trough. We deployed two moorings on the slope to investigate the water properties of the bottom water e...