Summary
Antarctic sea ice performs important roles in the climate system through the formation of dense oxygen rich Antarctic Bottom Water (Johnson 2008) and modulating fluxes across the ocean/atmosphere interface within the high southern latitudes (Bourassa et al. 2013). It also acts as a buffer for ice shelves against ocean processes (Williams and Squire 2007; Massom et al. 2018).
Authors:Reid P. Stammerjohn S. Massom R.A. Lieser J.L. Barreira S. Scambos T.
Published in: 2018
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Program area: Antarctic Climate
Reid P., Stammerjohn S., Massom R.A., Lieser J.L., Barreira S., Scambos T.
(2018)
Sea ice extent, concentration, and seasonality [In: State of the Climate in 2017],
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
99(8).
S183–S185;
https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/99/8/2018bamsstateoftheclimate.1.xml;
Related projects
Large-scale Change and Variability in Antarctic Sea Ice,and Links with the Ice Sheet
MASSOM, Dr Robert (Rob)
Marine Science, Australia (or home country)