Preconditioning of the 2016 Weddell Sea Polynya by Elevated Upper Ocean Salinity

Casey E Brayton1, Ethan C Campbell2, Matthew R Mazloff3, Sarah T Gille3 and Lynne D Talley3, (1)University of South Carolina Columbia, Columbia, SC, United States, (2)University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States