The Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean: present knowledge and future challenges

M Vernet, W Geibert, M Hoppema… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Weddell Gyre (WG) is one of the main oceanographic features of the Southern
Ocean south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which plays an influential role in global …

Abruptly attenuated carbon sequestration with Weddell Sea dense waters by 2100

C Nissen, R Timmermann, M Hoppema… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Antarctic Bottom Water formation, such as in the Weddell Sea, is an efficient vector
for carbon sequestration on time scales of centuries. Possible changes in carbon …

Stabilization of dense Antarctic water supply to the Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation

EP Abrahamsen, AJS Meijers, KL Polzin… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
The lower limb of the Atlantic overturning circulation is resupplied by the sinking of dense
Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) that forms via intense air–sea–ice interactions next to …

[PDF][PDF] Northern Antarctic Peninsula: a marine climate hotspot of rapid changes on ecosystems and ocean dynamics

R Kerr, MM Mata, CRB Mendes… - Deep Sea Research Part …, 2018 - researchgate.net
The Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP; Fig. 1), which encompasses the 2 Bransfield Strait,
the southernmost part of the Drake Passage, the northwestern Weddell 3 Sea and the region …

Seasonal and interannual variability of the Weddell Gyre from a high‐resolution global ocean‐sea ice simulation during 1958–2018

J Neme, MH England, AMC Hogg - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Weddell Gyre's variability on seasonal and interannual timescales is
investigated using an ocean‐sea ice model at three different horizontal resolutions. The …

A review of the oceanography and Antarctic Bottom Water formation offshore Cape Darnley, East Antarctica

SN Blanckensee, DE Gwyther… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is the densest water mass in the world and drives
the lower limb of the global thermohaline circulation. AABW is formed in only four regions …

The visualization of geophysical and geomorphologic data from the area of Weddell Sea by the Generic Mapping Tools

P Lemenkova - Studia Quaternaria, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
The paper concerns GMT application for studies of the geophysical and geomorphological
settings of the Weddell Sea. Its western part is occupied by the back-arc basin developed …

No detectable Weddell Sea Antarctic bottom water export during the last and penultimate glacial maximum

H Huang, M Gutjahr, A Eisenhauer, G Kuhn - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Weddell Sea-derived Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is one of the most important
deep water masses in the Southern Hemisphere occupying large portions of the deep …

[HTML][HTML] A novel hydrographic gridded data set for the northern Antarctic Peninsula

TS Dotto, MM Mata, R Kerr… - Earth System Science …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
Abstract The northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP) is a highly dynamic transitional zone
between the subpolar-polar and oceanic-coastal environments, and it is located in an area …

Long-term changes on the Bransfield Strait deep water masses: Variability, drivers and connections with the northwestern Weddell Sea

BY Damini, R Kerr, TS Dotto, MM Mata - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Bransfield Strait receives substantial input from recently ventilated Dense Shelf
Water (ie, High Salinity Shelf Water–HSSW or Low Salinity Shelf Water–LSSW) formed in …