@InProceedings{SantiniSouMueWaiHin:2012:DiThSt,
               author = "Santini, Marcelo and Souza, Ronald and Muelbert, M{\^o}nica and 
                         Wainer, Ilana and Hindell, Mark",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Differences on the thermohaline structure and water masses in the 
                         Bransfield Strait between the austral summer and winter of 2008",
            booktitle = "Abstracts...",
                 year = "2012",
         organization = "SCAR Open Science Conference, 32. and COMNAP AGN, 24.",
             abstract = "Were observed near the Antarctic Peninsula the largest increases 
                         in air temperature and greater reductions in sea ice than at any 
                         other place in this continent. It is necessary a continuous 
                         monitoring of ocean conditions in this region, even in times of 
                         high concentration of sea ice. As an alternative to traditional 
                         ways of obtaining of oceanographic data and behavioral monitoring 
                         of top predators in the Southern Ocean, were fixed data collection 
                         platforms in the southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina). These 
                         marine mammals perform deep dives during the entire year, even in 
                         conditions of high sea ice concentration. Using a data set 
                         consisting of 74 profiles collected during the summer and 43 
                         profiles collected during the winter, we present transects and 
                         thermodynamics state diagrams and the changes of the thermohaline 
                         structure and water masses present in the Bransfield Strait in 
                         these two seasons. During the summer the values of potential 
                         temperature, salinity and potential density is in the range 
                         between -1.68° to 2.08° C, 33.91 to 34.87 psu and 27.13 to 27.83 
                         respectively. In winter, the magnitudes of the differences in 
                         observed variables are smaller when compared with summer, and 
                         these bands between -1.84° to 0.82° C for potential temperature 
                         and between 34.14 to 34.68 psu and 27.43 to 27.89 for salinity and 
                         potential density. The thermohaline structure shows the major 
                         differences in the surface, where the seasonal heating and 
                         mechanical forcing cause a thin layer, relatively warmer and less 
                         saline overlap the Bransfield cooler waters. During the winter the 
                         water column becomes thermally uniform and salinities are 
                         increased mainly due to haline release held during formation of 
                         sea ice. Among the changes in the water bodies, observe the 
                         Antarctic Surface Water (AASW) only in the summer and the Winter 
                         Water (WW) and Ice Shelf Water (ISW) only in winter. The Warm Deep 
                         Water (WDW) and Bransfield Water (BW) are present in the two times 
                         analyzed.",
                label = "self-archiving-INPE-MCTIC-GOV-BR",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "santini_differences.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "05 maio 2024"
}