Brief communication: Impacts of a developing polynya off Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica, triggered by grounding of iceberg B09B

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: C. J. Fogwill, E. van Sebille, E. A. Cougnon, C. S. M. Turney, S. R. Rintoul, B. K. Galton-Fenzi, G. F. Clark, E. M. Marzinelli, E. B. Rainsley, L. Carter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: geo; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Commonwealth Bay; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2603-2016; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/2603/2016/tc-10-2603-2016.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/1f3ac441705b4c559d4ac1fe847e9f9b

The dramatic calving of the Mertz Glacier tongue in 2010, precipitated by the movement of iceberg B09B, reshaped the oceanographic regime across the Mertz Polynya and Commonwealth Bay, regions where high-salinity shelf water (HSSW) – the precursor to Antarctic bottom water (AABW) – is formed. Here w...