On the Variability of Southern Ocean Front Locations Between Southern Brazil and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Ikeda, Yoshimine, Siedler, Gerold and Zwierz, Marek (1989) On the Variability of Southern Ocean Front Locations Between Southern Brazil and the Antarctic Peninsula. Open Access Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 94 (C4). pp. 4757-4762. DOI 10.1029/JC094iC04p04757.

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Abstract

A 4-year expendable bathythermograph data set (1984–1987) from the area between southern Brazil and the Antarctic Peninsula provides information on the interannual variability of front locations. Two boundaries of subtropical water at different depths are identified north and south of the Brazil Current-Falkland (Malvinas) Current confluence zone. The northern Subtropical Front is displaced over a large part of the Argentine Basin from one observational period to the other. The shallow southern Subtropical Front appears fixed to the Falkland Escarpment. The Polar Front and Subantarctic Front locations do not vary much, except for one case where a cold core eddy in the Polar Frontal Zone causes a large northward displacement of the Subantarctic Front.

Document Type: Article
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-PO Physical Oceanography
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: AGU (American Geophysical Union)
Date Deposited: 25 Sep 2012 12:34
Last Modified: 27 Feb 2019 08:36
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15388

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