Modeling water mass formation in the Mertz Glacier Polynya and Ade´lie Depression, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Marsland, SJ, Bindoff, NL, Williams, GD, Budd, WF
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: 260403 Physical Oceanography; Southern Ocean; polynyas; modeling; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Weddell; Mertz Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/6378/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/6378/1/Marsland_Bindoff_Williams_Budd_2004.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2004JC002441

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