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Rebound of shelf water salinity in the Ross Sea

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  • Pasquale Castagno

    (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Centro Direzionale, Isola C4)

  • Vincenzo Capozzi

    (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Centro Direzionale, Isola C4)

  • Giacomo R. DiTullio

    (Grice Marine Laboratory, University of Charleston)

  • Pierpaolo Falco

    (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Centro Direzionale, Isola C4)

  • Giannetta Fusco

    (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Centro Direzionale, Isola C4)

  • Stephen R. Rintoul

    (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
    Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research
    Australian Antarctic Program Partnership)

  • Giancarlo Spezie

    (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Centro Direzionale, Isola C4)

  • Giorgio Budillon

    (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Centro Direzionale, Isola C4)

Abstract

Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) supplies the lower limb of the global overturning circulation and ventilates the abyssal ocean. In recent decades, AABW has warmed, freshened and reduced in volume. Ross Sea Bottom Water (RSBW), the second largest source of AABW, has experienced the largest freshening. Here we use 23 years of summer measurements to document temporal variability in the salinity of the Ross Sea High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW), a precursor to RSBW. HSSW salinity decreased between 1995 and 2014, consistent with freshening observed between 1958 and 2008. However, HSSW salinity rebounded sharply after 2014, with values in 2018 similar to those observed in the mid-late 1990s. Near-synchronous interannual fluctuations in salinity observed at five locations on the continental shelf suggest that upstream preconditioning and large-scale forcing influence HSSW salinity. The rate, magnitude and duration of the recent salinity increase are unusual in the context of the (sparse) observational record.

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  • Pasquale Castagno & Vincenzo Capozzi & Giacomo R. DiTullio & Pierpaolo Falco & Giannetta Fusco & Stephen R. Rintoul & Giancarlo Spezie & Giorgio Budillon, 2019. "Rebound of shelf water salinity in the Ross Sea," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-13083-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13083-8
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    1. Una Kim Miller & Christopher J. Zappa & Arnold L. Gordon & Seung-Tae Yoon & Craig Stevens & Won Sang Lee, 2024. "High Salinity Shelf Water production rates in Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea from high-resolution salinity observations," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.

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