cDrake: Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage

The Southern Ocean is especially sensitive to climate change, responding to winds that have increased over the past 30 years (Thompson and Solomon, 2002) and warming at about one degree per century in the core of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC; Gille, 2002). Drake Passage is a major control...

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Main Authors: Teresa K. Chereskin, D. Randolph Watts, Kathleen A. Donohue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2012-09-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-3_chereskin.pdf