Modeling water mass formation in the Mertz Glacier Polynya and Adelie Depression, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Marsland, SJ, Bindoff, NL, Williams, GD, Budd, WF
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2004
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Adelie Depression; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Ross Sea; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2004JC002441; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/32348

High rates of sea ice growth rejection in the Mertz Glacier Polynya drive the production of dense continental shelf waters in the Adlie Depression. We consider the rate of outflow of waters having sufficient density to sink into the neighboring abyssal ocean and form Adlie Land Bottom Water (ALBW)....