Modeling water mass formation in the Mertz Glacier Polynya and Adelie Depression, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Marsland, SJ, Nathaniel Bindoff, Guy Williams, Budd, WF
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Physical oceanography; No keyword provided; Adelie Depression; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Ross Sea; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Modeling_water_mass_formation_in_the_Mertz_Glacier_Polynya_and_Adelie_Depression_East_Antarctica/22849805

High rates of sea ice growth rejection in the Mertz Glacier Polynya drive the production of dense continental shelf waters in the Adélie Depression. We consider the rate of outflow of waters having sufficient density to sink into the neighboring abyssal ocean and form Adélie Land Bottom Water (ALB...