Modeling interannual dense shelf water export in the region of the Mertz Glacier Tongue (1992-2007)

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Cougnon, EA, Galton-Fenzi, B, Meijers, AJS, Legresy, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 2013
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Basin; Australian-Antarctic Basin; Mertz Glacier; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JC008790; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/89430

Ocean observations around the Australian-Antarctic basin show the importance of coastal latent heat polynyas near the Mertz Glacier Tongue (MGT) to the formation of Dense Shelf Water (DSW) and associated Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW). Here, we use a regional ocean/ice shelf model to investigate the...