This study was done in collaboration with some lovely people too:

@adele-morrison.bsky.social @andyhogg.bsky.social @dkhutch.bsky.social @wilmahuneke.bsky.social, Paul Spence, Pedro Colombo and Kial Stewart!
Funded by @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social

Basically, thinner surface layers are required to represent the Ekman-driven transport of freshwater off the continental shelf, which then allows salinity build up on the shelf by sea ice production