Impact of the Mertz Glacier Tongue calving on dense water formation and export

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Kusahara, K, Hasumi, H, Williams, GD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2011
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; George V Land; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1156; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/96876

Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is a critical component of the global climate system, occupying the abyssal layer of the World Ocean and driving the lower limb of the global meridional overturning circulation. Around East Antarctica, the dense shelf water (DSW) precursor to AABW is predominantly forme...