Bottom water formation and polynyas in Adelie Land, Antarctica
Antarctic Bottom Water is the coldest and densest water found in the global ocean. It spreads into all the major ocean basins, carrying the cold water towards the equatorial regions, and is a central component of the global thermo-haline circulation. However, the mechanisms of bottom water formation...
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ftunivtasmania:oai:eprints.utas.edu.au:13588 2023-05-15T13:04:10+02:00 Bottom water formation and polynyas in Adelie Land, Antarctica Bindoff, NL Rintoul, SR Massom, RA 2000 application/pdf https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13588/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13588/4/2000_Bindoff_Bottom_rst.pdf en eng https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13588/4/2000_Bindoff_Bottom_rst.pdf Bindoff, NL, Rintoul, SR and Massom, RA 2000 , 'Bottom water formation and polynyas in Adelie Land, Antarctica' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 133, no. 3 , pp. 51-56 , doi:10.26749/rstpp.133.3.51 <http://dx.doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.133.3.51>. cc_utas Royal Society of Tasmania RST Van Diemens Land natural history science ecology taxonomy botany zoology geology geography papers & proceedings Australia UTAS Library Article PeerReviewed 2000 ftunivtasmania https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.133.3.51 2020-05-30T07:27:17Z Antarctic Bottom Water is the coldest and densest water found in the global ocean. It spreads into all the major ocean basins, carrying the cold water towards the equatorial regions, and is a central component of the global thermo-haline circulation. However, the mechanisms of bottom water formation are not well established; its geographical distribution and rate of formation have yet to be fully quantified. Polynyas, which are large persistent openings in sea-ice that form during the winter near the Antarctic Coast, playa central role in the formation or Antarctic Bottom Water. This paper describes the bottom water formation around the Antarctic continental margin with particular emphasis on the processes and mechanisms of the Adelie Land Bottom Water formation near Dumont D'Urville south of Tasmania. Article in Journal/Newspaper Adelie Land Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Sea ice University of Tasmania: UTas ePrints Antarctic The Antarctic Dumont d'Urville ENVELOPE(140.017,140.017,-66.667,-66.667) Dumont-d'Urville ENVELOPE(140.013,140.013,-66.667,-66.667) Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 133 3 51 56 |
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Antarctic Bottom Water is the coldest and densest water found in the global ocean. It spreads into all the major ocean basins, carrying the cold water towards the equatorial regions, and is a central component of the global thermo-haline circulation. However, the mechanisms of bottom water formation are not well established; its geographical distribution and rate of formation have yet to be fully quantified. Polynyas, which are large persistent openings in sea-ice that form during the winter near the Antarctic Coast, playa central role in the formation or Antarctic Bottom Water. This paper describes the bottom water formation around the Antarctic continental margin with particular emphasis on the processes and mechanisms of the Adelie Land Bottom Water formation near Dumont D'Urville south of Tasmania. |
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Bottom water formation and polynyas in Adelie Land, Antarctica |
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