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| Hoppema, M; Fahrbach, E; Schroder, M. |
| Sections from two ''Polar-stern'' cruises in austral winter 1992 and summer 1992/1993 were used to track the course of Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) in the Weddell Sea. Total inorganic carbon (TCO2) is a valuable tracer for that water mass because it permits identification of features that cannot be seen in the distributions of temperature and salinity. Upon entrance into the eastern Weddell Gyre, a shallow maximum in TCO2 at about 200 m (together with a temperature maximum and oxygen minimum) indicates the depth level to which vertical mixing with Winter Water penetrates the CDW layer in the Weddell Gyre. The lower boundary of this CDW layer, which is not apparent in the temperature and salinity profiles, is a TCO2 maximum at 1000-1500 m (sigma(theta)... |
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| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20434/18101.pdf |
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