Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The formation of large regions of open ocean in the pack ice near Antarctica called polynyas is discussed. The role of the meridional circulation pattern of the Southern Ocean, of buoyancy, and of wind in the formation of polynyas is shown. The different characteristics and causes of coastal and open-ocean polynyas are pointed out.
Keywords:
OCEANOGRAPHY
Type:
Scientific American (ISSN 0036-8733); 258; 90-97
Format:
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