The Impact of Antarctic Sea Ice on Southern Ocean Water Mass Transformation in Coupled Climate Models

Zijin Chen1, Will R Hobbs2, Zanna Chase1 and Jan D Zika3, (1)University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, TAS, Australia, (2)Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart, TAS, Australia, (3)University of New South Wales, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Sydney, NSW, Australia