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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Fogwill, CJ, van Sebille, E, Cougnon, EA, Turney, CSM, Rintoul, SR, Galton-Fenzi, BK, Clark, GF, Marzinelli, EM, Rainsley, EB, Carter, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical oceanography; Antarctic; Commonwealth Bay; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2603-2016; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/113775

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 we pr...