Multidecadal freshening and lightening in the deep waters of the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Dotto, Tiago S., Kerr, Rodrigo, Mata, Mauricio M., Garcia, Carlos A. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bransfield Strait; Central Basin; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Western Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80760/; https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80760/1/Published_Version.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC011228

The deep waters of the Bransfield Strait receive considerable amounts of water from the Weddell Sea continental shelf. The restricted connections to the surrounding ocean and relatively easier access makes the Bransfield Strait an important proxy region for monitoring changes in the dense Weddell Se...