Atmospheric influences on the anomalous 2016 Antarctic sea ice decay

E Schlosser, FA Haumann, MN Raphael - The Cryosphere, 2018 - tc.copernicus.org
In contrast to the Arctic, where total sea ice extent (SIE) has been decreasing for the last
three decades, Antarctic SIE has shown a small, but significant, increase during the same …

Open-ocean polynyas and deep convection in the Southern Ocean

WG Cheon, AL Gordon - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
An open-ocean polynya is a large ice-free area surrounded by sea ice. The Maud Rise
Polynya in the Southern Ocean occasionally occurs during the austral winter and spring …

Polar cyclones at the origin of the reoccurrence of the Maud Rise Polynya in austral winter 2017

D Francis, C Eayrs, J Cuesta… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the role of atmospheric forcings in the occurrence of open‐ocean
polynyas by investigating the case of the austral winter 2017's polynya located in the …

Ocean climate observing requirements in support of climate research and climate information

D Stammer, A Bracco, K AchutaRao, L Beal… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Natural variability and change of the Earth's climate have significant global societal impacts.
With its large heat and carbon capacity and relatively slow dynamics, the ocean plays an …

Biofloat observations of a phytoplankton bloom and carbon export in the Drake Passage

AR Davies, F Veron, MJ Oliver - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Prolonged in-situ biogeochemical observations have historically been limited in the high
nitrate, low chlorophyll (HNLC) regions of the Southern Ocean (SO). Recently, large biofloat …