Modeling sea ice production and dense shelf water formation in coastal polynyas around East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Kusahara, K, Hasumi, H, Tamura, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2010
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; Cape Darnley; Darnley; East Antarctica; Ninnis Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006133; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/71362

Using an ice-ocean coupled model with fine horizontal resolution around East Antarctica, sea ice production and dense shelf water (DSW) formation in coastal polynyas are investigated. The model reproduces well the locations of coastal polynyas and the high sea ice production there. DSW is formed ove...