Freshening of Antarctic Intermediate Water in the South Atlantic Ocean in 2005–2014

Basin-scale freshening of Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) is reported to have occurred in the South Atlantic Ocean during the period from 2005 to 2014, as shown by the gridded monthly means of the Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography (Argo) data. This phenomenon was also revealed by t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: W. Yao, J. Shi, X. Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Ocean Science
Online Access:https://www.ocean-sci.net/13/521/2017/os-13-521-2017.pdf