The response of sea ice and high-salinity shelf water in the Ross Ice Shelf Polynya to cyclonic atmosphere circulations

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Wang, Xiaoqiao, Zhang, Zhaoru, Dinniman, Michael S., Uotila, Petteri, Li, Xichen, Zhou, Meng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ross Sea; Ross Ice Shelf; Drygalski; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/8066162; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1107-2023

Coastal polynyas in the Ross Sea are important source regions of high-salinity shelf water (HSSW) – the precursor of Antarctic Bottom Water that supplies the lower limb of the thermohaline circulation. Here, the response of sea ice production and HSSW formation to synoptic-scale and mesoscale cyclon...