期刊
ANTARCTIC SCIENCE
卷 33, 期 3, 页码 318-331出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102021000146
关键词
High Salinity Shelf Water; ocean-atmosphere interaction; polynyas; salinity response
资金
- NSF [ANT-0739519, ANT-1341688]
- Italian National Program for Antarctic Research [PNRA-PdR 2009/A2.04, OSS-13 MORSea, 2009/B.09]
The study reveals that the opening of the Terra Nova Bay polynya not only affects the intensity of ocean water salinity, but is also closely related to atmospheric forcing with predictable lag times. Additionally, temperature variations play a significant role in modulating the oscillations in salinity.
The density and salinity of High Salinity Shelf Water, a key component of Antarctic Bottom Water emanating from the Ross Sea, are intensified by brine rejection induced by ice formation within the Terra Nova Bay (TNB) polynya. Ocean mooring data from 2007, meteorological observations from automatic weather stations and a satellite-derived history of the opening of TNB polynya delineate variability in water column salinity linked to atmospheric forcing, with a period on the order of 10 days. Lagged correlation analysis indicates that on average salinity response lags the polynya opening by 2 days and the wind forcing by 5 days. We find stronger correlations of salinity with the wind during March through May and with the polynya open-water fraction during June through October, with decreasing lags in the latter period. A one-dimensional mixed-layer model incorporating thermodynamic ice formation captures the oscillations in salinity. A process study shows that the variability in the polynya open-water fraction governs the final salinity attained by the model as well as the salinity cycling. Variability in surface heat fluxes modulates that effect. Our work suggests that there is a more complex relationship between salinity, the polynya open-water fraction, and atmospheric forcing than previously suggested.
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