Circulation, retention, and mixing of waters within the Weddell-Scotia Confluence, Southern Ocean: The role of stratified Taylor columns

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Meredith, Michael P., Meijers, Andrew, Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Brown, Peter J., Abrahamsen, Einar, Venables, Hugh J., Jullion, Loïc, Messias, M. J.
• Other Authors: British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOC), University of Southampton, Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of East Anglia Norwich (UEA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Antarctic; Discovery Bank; South Scotia Ridge; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01255781; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01255781/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01255781/file/JGR%20Oceans%20-%202015%20-%20Meredith%20-%20Circulation%20retention%20and%20mixing%20of%20waters%20within%20the%20Weddell%25u2010Scotia%20Confluence%20Southern.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010462

International audience The waters of the Weddell-Scotia Confluence (WSC) lie above the rugged topography of the South Scotia Ridge in the Southern Ocean. Meridional exchanges across the WSC transfer water and tracers between the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) to the north and the subpolar Wedde...