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Chavanne, Cédric P., Heywood, Karen J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-0026, Nicholls, Keith W. and Fer, Ilker
(2010)
Observations of the Antarctic Slope undercurrent in the Southeastern Weddell Sea.
Geophysical Research Letters, 37 (13).
ISSN 1944-8007
Abstract
The Antarctic Slope Front presents a dynamical barrier between the cold Antarctic shelf waters in contact with ice shelves and the warmer subsurface waters offshore. Two hydrographic sections with full-depth current measurements were undertaken in January and February 2009 across the slope and shelf in the southeastern Weddell Sea. Southwestward surface-intensified currents of ~30 cm s-1, and northeastward undercurrents of 6-9 cm s-1, were in thermal-wind balance with the sloping isopycnals across the front, which migrated offshore by 30 km in the time interval between the two sections. A mid-depth undercurrent on February 23 was associated with a 130-m uplift of the main pycnocline, bringing Warm Deep Water closer to the shelf break. This vertical displacement, comparable to that caused by seasonal variations in wind speed, implies that undercurrents may affect the exchanges between coastal and deep waters near the Antarctic continental margins.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Meteorology, Oceanography and Climate Dynamics (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climate, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017) |
| Depositing User: | Rosie Cullington |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2011 14:42 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2023 11:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/20258 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2010GL043603 |
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