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Validation of ECMWF sea level pressure analyses over the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica
; ...ice floes in the southern Bellingshausen Sea were used to assess the...such as the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas. Cullather et al...pressure in the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas during 1993 and 1994...ice floes in the southern Bellingshausen Sea during early 2001. Data...
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Antarctic Sea ice and the southern oscillation
; ...strongest links between Antarctic sea ice and the Southern Oscillation are found in the Bellingshausen, Amundsen, and Ross Seas...air temperature, and warmer sea surface temperature. Recent anomalies in the sea ice cover that are clearly...the record decrease in the sea ice extent in the ...
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Extreme Anomalous Atmospheric Circulation in the West Antarctic Peninsula Region in Austral Spring and Summer 2001/02, and Its Profound Impact on Sea Ice and Biota*
; ...Exceptional sea ice conditions...anomalies in the Bellingshausen-Amundsen and...adjoining southern Bellingshausen Sea regions are...extent) of sea ice maximum...changes in sea ice area extent in the Bellingshausen Sea. as fluctuations...
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Southern ocean climate and sea ice anomalies associated with the southern oscillation
; ...behavior of the Antarctic sea ice cover are evident. Recent anomalies in the sea ice cover that are clearly...the record decrease in the sea ice extent in the Bellingshausen Sea from mid-1988 to early 1991...Sea, and central Weddell Sea gyre during the period 1988-...retreats ...
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Measurements of Surface Wave Decay and Directional Spectra in the Marginal Sea Ice Zone*
; ...missions were carried out under sea ice in the western Bellingshausen Sea. Data from the upward-looking...of waves propagating through sea ice was observed. Mean period...submerged vehicle in the open sea were made by De Leonibus (1963...
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Distribution and characteristics of mesoscale cyclones in the Antarctic: Ross Sea eastward to the Weddell Sea
; ...cyclonic activity over the Ross Sea/Ross Ice Shelf and southern...diameter is about 370 km over the Bellingshausen Sea and 380 km on the Weddell Sea...deep vortices occurs over the Bellingshausen Sea sector (38% of all cases), where...
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Wind-Forced intraseasonal sea level variability of the extratropical oceans
; ...Coherent patterns of sea level variability...particular regions: the Bellingshausen Basin west of Drake...boundary layer. In the Bellingshausen Basin, the phase...coherence between sea level and wind stress...oceans with enhanced sea level variability...the date line, the ...
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Antarctic sea ice is on the increase.(Antarctica)(Brief Article)
; ...monitoring began in November 1978. On average, the area in which sea ice seasons have lengthened by at least one day per year is roughly twice as large as that in which sea ice seasons have shortened by the same period. The growth has been most prevalent in the Ross Sea, while most of the Amundsen ...
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ASTEROID HIT SEA WITH A BANG 2 MILLION YEARS AGO
; ...space for eons blasted into the sea off Antarctica more than 2...published today. Striking the Bellingshausen Sea with the explosive power of...oceanic crater in the sea, according to the paper, which...species. New seismic and deep-sea surveys conducted in 1995 by...
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Synoptic activity in the seas around Antarctica
; ...60 deg S. The numbers in winter exceed those in summer, except over a few, but important, regions such as the Bellingshausen Sea. The Antarctic coastal region is confirmed as one of high cyclonicity, as is that in the northern part of the Antarctic...
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