On the fast response of the Southern Ocean to changes in the zonal wind
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...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2006
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Online Access: | https://hal.science/hal-00298387 https://hal.science/hal-00298387/document https://hal.science/hal-00298387/file/osd-3-471-2006.pdf |