Return of the Maud Rise Polynya: climate litmus or sea ice anomaly? [in “State of the Climate in 2017”]

• Main Authors: Swart, S, Campbell, EC, Heuze, CH, Johnson, K, Lieser, JL, Massom, R, Mazloff, M, Meredith, M, Reid, P, Sallee, J-B, Stammerjohn, S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Meteorological Soc 2018
• Subjects: State of the Climate 2017; Maud Rise; polynya; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Austral; Weddell; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/41428/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/41428/1/Ch061_Antarctica.pdf; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/41428/2/State%20of%20the%20Climate%202017%20front%20matter%20in%20BAMS.pdf; https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams/2017

The Maud Rise polynya is a persistent area of open water within the sea ice cover of the Southern Ocean, which overlies an area of elevated topography called Maud Rise (66°S, 3°E) located in the eastern sector of the Weddell Sea (Fig. SB6.1a). It is termed a “Weddell polynya” if it grows and migrate...