On the fast response of the Southern Ocean to changes in the zonal wind

• Main Authors: Webb, D. J., de Cuevas, B. A.
• Other Authors: National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOC), University of Southampton
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Drake Passage; Deacon; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00298343; https://hal.science/hal-00298343/document; https://hal.science/hal-00298343/file/os-3-417-2007.pdf

International audience Model studies of the Southern Ocean, reported here, show that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current responds within two days to changes in the zonal wind stress at the latitudes of Drake Passage. Further investigation shows that the response is primarily barotropic and that, as on...