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6 2 0 0 4 O ceanography, 1996, 26: 219622213. [ 30 ] Ho lland D M. Exp laining the W eddell Po lynya2a large ocean eddy shad at M aud R ise [J ]. Science, 2001, 292: 169721700. [ 31 ] Ho lland D M. T ransient sea2ice po lynya fo rced by oceanic flow variability [J ]. P rogress in O ceanography, 2001, 48: 4032460. A dva nce s in S tud ie s on M e cha nism of the W e dde ll P o lynya Fo rm a tion GAO Guo2p ing 1, 2, DON G Zhao2qian 3 (1. Co llege of O ceanography Environm ent, O cean U niversity of Ch ina, Q ingdao 266003, Ch ina; 2. Key L ab of M arine Science and N um ericalm odeling, SOA, Q ingdao 266061, Ch ina; 3. Po lar R esearch Insti2 tute of Ch ina, Shanghai 200129, Ch ina) Abs tra c t: O ccu rrence ofw eddell Po lynya influences A n tarctic Bo ttom W ater fo rm ation and m ay be one of the m ajo r sou rces of clim ate variab ility on the decadal to cen tenn ial tim e scaleṡ In th is circum stance, thew eddell Po lynya becam e a new focu s of the Sou th2 ern O cean research in the last decade. T he recen t advances in the studies on the W eddell Po lynya, including the m echan ism fo r its fo rm ation and its affection on atm o sphere and ocean, w ere review ed in th is papeṙ T he un so lved p rob lem s in the p reviou s research w o rk and po ssib le advances in the fu tu re studies w ere also comm en ted. T he dynam ic, therm al and therm odynam ic aspects abou t the occu rrence and m ain tenance of W eddell Po lynya are likely ingredien tṡ Fo r fu lly understanding the in itiation and m ain tenance of W eddell Po lynya, the atm o sphere2sea ice2ocean in teraction in large scale shou ld be con2 sidered. Ke y w o rds: A n tarctic; W eddell Po lynya; fo rm ation m echan ism