Tracking the spread of a passive tracer through Southern Ocean water masses

<p>A dynamically passive inert tracer was released in the interior South Pacific Ocean at latitudes of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Observational cross sections of the tracer were taken over 4 consecutive years as it drifted through Drake Passage and into the Atlantic Ocean. The tracer w...

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Main Authors: J. D. Zika, J.-B. Sallée, A. J. S. Meijers, A. C. Naveira-Garabato, A. J. Watson, M.-J. Messias, B. A. King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-03-01
Series:Ocean Science
Online Access:https://www.ocean-sci.net/16/323/2020/os-16-323-2020.pdf