Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea
Recent decadal changes in Southern Hemisphere climate have driven strong responses from the cryosphere. Concurrently, there has been a marked freshening of the shelf and bottom waters across a wide sector of the Southern Ocean, hypothesised to be caused by accelerated glacial melt in response to a g...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:354485 2023-08-27T04:04:36+02:00 Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea Jullion, Loïc Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Meredith, Michael P. Holland, Paul R. Courtois, Peggy King, Brian A. 2013-10 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/354485/ English eng Jullion, Loïc, Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Meredith, Michael P., Holland, Paul R., Courtois, Peggy and King, Brian A. (2013) Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea. Journal of Climate, 26 (20), 8111-8125. (doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00765.1 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00765.1>). Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00765.1 2023-08-03T22:20:16Z Recent decadal changes in Southern Hemisphere climate have driven strong responses from the cryosphere. Concurrently, there has been a marked freshening of the shelf and bottom waters across a wide sector of the Southern Ocean, hypothesised to be caused by accelerated glacial melt in response to a greater flux of warm waters from the Antarctic Circumpolar Current onto the shelves of West Antarctica. However, the circumpolar pattern of changes has been incomplete: no decadal freshening in the deep layers of the Atlantic sector had been observed. In this study, we document a significant freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea, which is the source for the abyssal layer of the Atlantic overturning circulation, and we trace its possible origin to atmospheric-forced changes in the ice shelves and sea ice on the eastern flank of the Antarctic Peninsula that include an anthropogenic component. These findings suggest that the expansive and relatively cool Weddell gyre does not insulate the bottom water formation regions in the Atlantic sector from the ongoing changes in climatic forcing over the Antarctic region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Ice Shelves Sea ice Southern Ocean Weddell Sea West Antarctica University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Weddell Sea West Antarctica Weddell Journal of Climate 26 20 8111 8125 |
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Recent decadal changes in Southern Hemisphere climate have driven strong responses from the cryosphere. Concurrently, there has been a marked freshening of the shelf and bottom waters across a wide sector of the Southern Ocean, hypothesised to be caused by accelerated glacial melt in response to a greater flux of warm waters from the Antarctic Circumpolar Current onto the shelves of West Antarctica. However, the circumpolar pattern of changes has been incomplete: no decadal freshening in the deep layers of the Atlantic sector had been observed. In this study, we document a significant freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea, which is the source for the abyssal layer of the Atlantic overturning circulation, and we trace its possible origin to atmospheric-forced changes in the ice shelves and sea ice on the eastern flank of the Antarctic Peninsula that include an anthropogenic component. These findings suggest that the expansive and relatively cool Weddell gyre does not insulate the bottom water formation regions in the Atlantic sector from the ongoing changes in climatic forcing over the Antarctic region. |
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Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea |
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Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea |
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Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea |
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Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea |
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Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea |
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decadal freshening of the antarctic bottom water exported from the weddell sea |
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Jullion, Loïc, Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Meredith, Michael P., Holland, Paul R., Courtois, Peggy and King, Brian A. (2013) Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea. Journal of Climate, 26 (20), 8111-8125. (doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00765.1 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00765.1>). |
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