The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
The physical ingredients of the ACC circulation are reviewed. A picture of thecirculation is sketched by means of recent observations of the WOCE decade. Wepresent and discuss the role of forcing functions (wind stress, surfacebuoyancy flux) in the balance of the (quasi)-zonal flow, the meridionalci...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:10001 2023-09-05T13:14:02+02:00 The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Olbers, Dirk Borowski, D. Völker, Christoph Wolff, J. O. 2004 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/10001/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/10001/1/Olb2004a.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102004002251 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.20496 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.20496.d001 unknown https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/10001/1/Olb2004a.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.20496.d001 Olbers, D. orcid:0000-0002-2565-6175 , Borowski, D. , Völker, C. orcid:0000-0003-3032-114X and Wolff, J. O. (2004) The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current , Antarctic science, 16 (4), pp. 439-470 . doi:10.1017/S0954102004002251 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102004002251> , hdl:10013/epic.20496 EPIC3Antarctic science, 16(4), pp. 439-470 Article isiRev 2004 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102004002251 2023-08-22T19:48:23Z The physical ingredients of the ACC circulation are reviewed. A picture of thecirculation is sketched by means of recent observations of the WOCE decade. Wepresent and discuss the role of forcing functions (wind stress, surfacebuoyancy flux) in the balance of the (quasi)-zonal flow, the meridionalcirculation and their relation to the ACC transport. Emphasis will be on theinterrelation of the zonal momentum balance and the meridional circulation, theimportance of diapycnal mixing and eddy processes. Finally, new model conceptsare described: a model of the ACC transport dependence on wind stress andbuoyancy flux, based on linear wave theory; and a model of the meridionaloverturning of the Southern Ocean, based on zonally averaged dynamics with eddyparameterization. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Science Southern Ocean Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Antarctic Science 16 4 439 470 |
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The physical ingredients of the ACC circulation are reviewed. A picture of thecirculation is sketched by means of recent observations of the WOCE decade. Wepresent and discuss the role of forcing functions (wind stress, surfacebuoyancy flux) in the balance of the (quasi)-zonal flow, the meridionalcirculation and their relation to the ACC transport. Emphasis will be on theinterrelation of the zonal momentum balance and the meridional circulation, theimportance of diapycnal mixing and eddy processes. Finally, new model conceptsare described: a model of the ACC transport dependence on wind stress andbuoyancy flux, based on linear wave theory; and a model of the meridionaloverturning of the Southern Ocean, based on zonally averaged dynamics with eddyparameterization. |
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Olbers, Dirk Borowski, D. Völker, Christoph Wolff, J. O. The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the antarctic circumpolar current |
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