Passive tracers in a general circulation model of the Southern Ocean

Stevens, IG and Stevens, DP ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7283-4405 (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
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Mathematics
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	David Stevens
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2010 14:12
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 22:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/15872
DOI:	10.1007/s00585-999-0971-y

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