Time-Mean Flow as the Prevailing Contribution to the Poleward Heat Flux across the Southern Flank of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: A Case Study in the Fawn Trough, Kerguelen Plateau

• Published in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Main Authors: Sekma, H., Park, Y. -h., Vivier, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Meteorological Soc 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Fawn Trough; Kerguelen; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00181/29196/27591.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-0125.1; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00181/29196/

The major mechanisms of the oceanic poleward heat flux in the Southern Ocean are still in debate. The long-standing belief stipulates that the poleward heat flux across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is mainly due to mesoscale transient eddies and the cross-stream heat flux by time-mean flo...