Spatial variability of Antarctic Bottom Water in the Australian Antarctic Basin from 2018-2020 captured by Deep Argo

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Thomas, G, Purkey, SG, Roemmich, D, Foppert, A, Rintoul, SR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2020
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical oceanography; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Australian Antarctic Basin; Australian-Antarctic Basin; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089467; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/145252

There are two varieties of Antarctic Bottom Water present in the Australian Antarctic Basin (AAB): locally produced Adlie Land Bottom Water (ALBW) and distantly produced Ross Sea Bottom Water (RSBW). Between 2014 and 2018, RSBW has rebounded from a multidecade freshening trend. The return of the sal...