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| Le Paih, Nicolas; Hattermann, Tore; Boebel, Olaf; Kanzow, Torsten; Lüpkes, Christof; Rohardt, Gerd; Strass, Volker; Herbette, Steven. |
| The Weddell Sea is of global importance in the formation of dense bottom waters associated with sea‐ice formation and ocean‐ice sheet interaction occurring on the shelf areas. In this context, the Weddell Sea boundary current system (BCS) presents a major conduit for transporting relatively warm water to the Weddell Sea ice shelves and for exporting {some modified form of Wedell Sea deep and bottom waters into the open ocean. This study investigates the downstream evolution of the structure and the seasonality of the BCS along the Weddell Sea continental slope, combining ocean data collected for the past two decades at three study locations. The interannual‐mean geostrophic flow, which follows planetary potential vorticity contours, shifts from being... |
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Palavras-chave: Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Antarctic slope current; Surface stress; Flow strength; Teleconnection. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00652/76398/77436.pdf |
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