Long-term changes on the Bransfield Strait deep water masses: Variability, drivers and connections with the northwestern Weddell Sea

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Damini, Brendon Yuri, Kerr, Rodrigo, Dotto, Tiago S., Mata, Mauricio M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bransfield Strait; Central Basin; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/82122/; https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/82122/1/Accepted_Manuscript.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103667

The Bransfield Strait receives substantial input from recently ventilated Dense Shelf Water (i.e., High Salinity Shelf Water – HSSW or Low Salinity Shelf Water – LSSW) formed in the Weddell Sea continental shelf. The bathymetric restricted connections to the surrounding oceans make the Bransfield St...