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Compared with the Mackenzie Bay Polynya, the only polynya in the west, the polynyas in eastern Prydz Bay have a larger area and higher ice production, but have never been studied individually. In this study, four recurrent polynyas were identified in eastern Prydz Bay from sea ice concentration data during 2002\u20132011. Their areas generally exhibit synchronous temporal variations and have good correlation with wind speed, which indicates that they are primarily wind-driven polynyas that need at least one stationary ice barrier to block the inflow of drifting sea ice. The components of the ice barriers of these four polynyas were identified through comparison of satellite remote sensing visible images and synthetic aperture radar images. All types of fast ice, including landfast ice, offshore fast ice and ice fingers serving as ice barriers for these polynyas are anchored by an assemblage of small icebergs and have an approximately year-round period of variations that also regulates the variability of polynyas. The movement and grounding of giant icebergs near the polynyas significantly affects the development of the polynyas. The results of this study illustrate the important impact of icebergs on Antarctic wind-driven polynyas and the formation of dense shelf water.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13245089","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,15]],"date-time":"2021-12-15T21:47:36Z","timestamp":1639604856000},"page":"5089","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Variability and Formation Mechanism of Polynyas in Eastern Prydz Bay, Antarctica"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9878-4314","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Saisai","family":"Hou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China"},{"name":"Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5825-8894","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiuxin","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China"},{"name":"Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9461","DOI":"10.1029\/JC095iC06p09461","article-title":"Polynyas and Leads: An Overview of Physical Processes and Environment","volume":"95","author":"Smith","year":"1990","journal-title":"J. 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