Antarctic coastal polynya response to climate change

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Marsland, SJ, Church, JA, Bindoff, NL, Williams, GD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2007
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Palaeoclimatology; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Mertz Glacier; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JC003291; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/50282

Sensitivity of sea ice formation and dense shelf water production to perturbations of air temperature, precipitation, and wind stress in an important Antarctic coastal polynya system is investigated. Shelf water formation in the Mertz Glacier Polynya is a major source of Adlie Land Bottom Water. Cou...