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Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-381-2023
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
Research article
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04 Apr 2023
Research article |  | 04 Apr 2023

Water mass transformation variability in the Weddell Sea in ocean reanalyses

Shanice T. Bailey, C. Spencer Jones, Ryan P. Abernathey, Arnold L. Gordon, and Xiaojun Yuan

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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.
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