Brief communication: Impacts of a developing polynya off Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica, triggered by grounding of iceberg B09B

• Main Authors: Fogwill, Christopher J., Van Sebille, Erik, Cougnon, Eva A., Turney, Chris S M, Rintoul, Steve R., Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin K., Clark, Graeme F., Marzinelli, E. M., Rainsley, Eleanor B., Carter, Lionel
• Other Authors: Sub Physical Oceanography, Marine and Atmospheric Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Water Science and Technology; Earth-Surface Processes; Antarctic; Commonwealth Bay; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/350828

The dramatic calving of the Mertz Glacier tongue in 2010, precipitated by the movement of iceberg B09B, reshaped the oceanographic regime across the Mertz Polynya and Commonwealth Bay, regions where high-salinity shelf water (HSSW) - the precursor to Antarctic bottom water (AABW) - is formed. Here w...