Sea-ice transport driving Southern Ocean salinity and its recent trends

F. Alexander Haumann (), Nicolas Gruber, Matthias Münnich, Ivy Frenger and Stefan Kern
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F. Alexander Haumann: Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16
Nicolas Gruber: Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16
Matthias Münnich: Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16
Ivy Frenger: Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16
Stefan Kern: Integrated Climate Data Center (ICDC), Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg

Nature, 2016, vol. 537, issue 7618, 89-92

Abstract: Multiple lines of evidence indicate that the northward transport of sea ice from Antarctica can explain the bulk of the observed freshening in the Southern Ocean.

Date: 2016
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