Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences of Columbia University,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Room 106 Geoscience Bldg.,
P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, United States of America
C. Spencer Jones
Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University, Eller O&M Building, College Station, TX 77843, United States of America
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences of Columbia University,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Room 106 Geoscience Bldg.,
P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, United States of America
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences of Columbia University,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Room 106 Geoscience Bldg.,
P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, United States of America
This study explores the variability of water mass transformation within the Weddell Gyre (WG). The WG is the largest source of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW). Changes to our climate can modify the mechanisms that transform waters to become AABW. In this study, we computed water mass transformation volume budgets by using three ocean models and a mathematical framework developed by Walin. Out of the three models, we found one to be most useful in studying the interannual variability of AABW.
This study explores the variability of water mass transformation within the Weddell Gyre (WG)....
