Dynamics of a quasigeostrophic antarctic circumpolar current

• Main Author: Nadeau, Louis-Philippe
• Other Authors: David N Straub (Supervisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2011
• Subjects: Earth Sciences - Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; Curl; Drake Passage; The Antarctic; Tourbillons; Antarc*; Antarctique*
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=96911

The idea that basin-like dynamics may influence or control the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is investigated with idealized analytic and numerical models. A simple 2-layer analytic model is developed to predict the transport evolution with the wind stress amplitude. At very low forcing, a non-...