Passive tracers in a general circulation model of the Southern Ocean
Stevens, IG and Stevens, DP (1999) Passive tracers in a general circulation model of the Southern Ocean. Annales Geophysicae, 17 (7). pp. 971-982.
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Abstract
Passive tracers are used in an o?-line version of the United Kingdom Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (FRAM) to highlight features of the circulation and provide information on the inter-ocean exchange of water masses. The use of passive tracers allows a picture to be built up of the deep circulation which is not readily apparent from examination of the velocity or density ®elds. Comparison of observations with FRAM results gives good agreement for many features of the Southern Ocean circulation. Tracer distributions are consistent with the concept of a global ``conveyor belt'' with a return path via the Agulhas retro¯ection region for the replenishment of North Atlantic Deep Water.
Item Type: | Article |
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Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Mathematics |
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Depositing User: | David Stevens |
Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2010 14:12 |
Last Modified: | 29 Apr 2022 00:15 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/15872 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00585-999-0971-y |
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