On the total carbon dioxide and oxygen signature of the Circumpolar Deep Water in the Weddell Gyre

• Main Authors: Hoppema, M, Fahrbach, E, Schroder, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Gauthier-Villars 1997
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; South Orkney Plateau; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Basin; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20434/18101.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20434/

Sections from two ''Polar-stern'' cruises in austral winter 1992 and summer 1992/1993 were used to track the course of Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) in the Weddell Sea. Total inorganic carbon (TCO2) is a valuable tracer for that water mass because it permits identification of feat...