Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
From: Global view of sea-ice production in polynyas and its linkage to dense/bottom water formation
Polynya | Total ice productiona | Averaged ice productionb |
---|---|---|
(km3/year) | (m/year) | |
Southern Hemisphere | ||
Cape Darnley | 127 ± 12 | 8.2 ± 0.8 |
Mackenzie Bay | 57 ± 5 | 8.0 ± 0.8 |
Barrier | 58 ± 7 | 6.8 ± 0.8 |
Shackleton | 79 ± 7 | 6.5 ± 0.6 |
Vincenness Bay | 60 ± 4 | 6.9 ± 0.5 |
Dalton | 31 ± 3 | 5.7 ± 0.5 |
Dibble | 52 ± 8 | 6.1 ± 0.9 |
Mertz | 125 ± 19 | 7.6 ± 1.2 |
Terra Nova Bay | 53 ± 5 | 8.4 ± 0.8 |
Ross Ice Shelf | 253 ± 17 | 7.5 ± 0.5 |
Amundsen | 83 ± 13 | 6.6 ± 1.0 |
Bellingshausen | 52 ± 12 | 6.1 ± 1.4 |
Ronne Ice Shelf | 27 ± 11 | 4.7 ± 1.9 |
Northern Hemisphere | ||
Storfjorden | 15 ± 2 | 4.0 ± 0.5 |
Franz Josef Land | 44 ± 5 | 4.0 ± 0.5 |
Novaya Zemlya | 71 ± 16 | 3.8 ± 0.9 |
Chukchi Sea | 25 ± 7 | 3.7 ± 1.0 |
Canadian Archipelago | 20 ± 4 | 4.2 ± 0.7 |
North Water (NOW) | 152 ± 24 | 5.3 ± 0.8 |
Northeast Water (NEW) | 15 ± 6 | 5.5 ± 2.2 |
Anadyr & St. Lawrence | 140 ± 27 | 4.6 ± 0.9 |
Okhotsk Northwestern | 400 ± 52 | 4.7 ± 0.6 |