Sea ice and upper ocean variability in the Southern Ocean

• Main Author: Wilson, Earle
• Other Authors: Riser, Stephen C.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; Argo floats; ice-ocean feedbacks; sea ice; Southern Ocean; Environmental science; Geophysics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Maud Rise; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/44418

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2019 This dissertation explores key physical mechanisms that control upper ocean and sea ice variability in the Southern Ocean. The first portion of this work presents an observational analysis of wintertime upper ocean stability and pycnocline heat availabi...