Antarctic bottom water production from the Vincennes Bay Polynya, East Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Kitade, Y, Shimada, K, Tamura, T, Williams, GD, Aoki, S, Fukamachi, Y, Roquet, F, Hindell, MA, Ushio, S, Ohshima, Kay K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2014
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Basin; Australian-Antarctic Basin; East Antarctica; Vincennes Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL059971; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/94471

One year moorings at depths greater than 3000m on the continental slope off Vincennes Bay, East Antarctica, reveal the cold (<-0.5C) and fresh (<34.64) signals of newly formed Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW). The signal appeared in June, 3 months after the onset of active sea-ice production in t...