Sea-ice production in Antarctic coastal polynyas estimated from AMSR2 data and its validation using AMSR-E and SSM/I-SSMIS data

• Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Nihashi, S, Ohshima, KI, Tamura, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2017
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Mertz Glacier; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2731995; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/123599

Antarctic coastal polynyas are very high sea-ice production areas. The resultant large amount of brine rejection leads to the formation of dense water. The dense water forms Antarctic bottom water, which is the densest water in the global overturning circulation and a key player in climate change as...