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Weddell Polynya

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More recently, it was found that intense cyclones occurring over the ice pack, far south from the ice edge, were at the origin of the reoccurrence of the Weddell or Maud Rise Polynya in austral winter 2017. In certain winter months, the general atmospheric circulation around Antarctica exhibits a
78:(ESMR). From 1976 to 2015, this polynya was rarely observed. The polynya reoccurred in 2016, and has since appeared in 2017. The 2010s occurrence has been smaller than the 1970s occurrence, being about the size of Maine in 2017, or roughly 80,000 km (31,000 sq mi). 47:. The formation of the polynya exposes relatively warmer ocean waters (at surface freezing temperatures of –1.9 °C) to a cold atmosphere, leading to a large exchange of heat which drives deep convection in the ocean, often reaching depths of 1,000 to 2,000 meters. 93:
strong zonal wave 3 pattern, which favors the development of polar cyclones closer to the coast, that is, over preconditioned oceanographic areas for polynya formation, such as the Weddell Polynya in the
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The size of New Zealand, it re-occurred each winter between 1974 and 1976. These were the first three austral winters observed by the
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provides an ice-free area where penguins can feed, and is therefore important for the survival of the
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Claire L. Parkinson; Joey C. Comiso & H. Jay Zwally (2014).
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has freshened and stratified, likely a result of anthropogenic
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Since the 1970s, the polar Southern Ocean south of the
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Index

polynya
Weddell Sea
Southern Ocean
Antarctica
Maud Rise

MODIS
Aqua (satellite)
Nimbus 5
Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
climate change
Lazarev Sea
Cosmonaut Sea
McMurdo Sound
Cape Royds
Polar Cyclones
Coriolis force
Ekman layer
Ekman number
Ekman spiral
Ekman transport
Ekman velocity
Fridtjof Nansen
Nansen's Fram expedition
Upwelling
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
"Background - Weddell Polynya"
Bibcode
2001Sci...292.1697H

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