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polynya: a standalone construct

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Physical oceanography

an area of open water or thin ice within pack ice, kept open by winds or ocean heat and often a site of intense ice and brine production.

In physical oceanography, polynya refers to an area of open water or thin ice within pack ice, kept open by winds or ocean heat and often a site of intense ice and brine production. This meaning comes from Morales Maqueda (2004) in Reviews of Geophysics.[1]

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References

  1. Morales Maqueda, M. A., Willmott, A. J., & Biggs, N. R. T. (2004). Polynya Dynamics: a Review of Observations and Modeling. Reviews of Geophysics, 42(1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2002rg000116

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