Sea-ice-driven shallow overturning
Circumpolar upwelling circulation near the Antarctic has mainly been attributed to winds. An analysis ofwater-mass transformation shows that the dominant driver is instead the formation of sea ice near Antarctica andits melt offshore.
| Published in: | Nature Geoscience |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2766 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/109702 |
| Summary: | Circumpolar upwelling circulation near the Antarctic has mainly been attributed to winds. An analysis ofwater-mass transformation shows that the dominant driver is instead the formation of sea ice near Antarctica andits melt offshore. |
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