The Southern Ocean momentum balance: Evidence for topographic effects from numerical model output and altimeter data

• Main Author: Sarah T. Gille
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Antarctic; Campbell Plateau; Drake Passage; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.412.555; http://www-pord.ucsd.edu/~sgille/pub_dir/jpo_gille_1997_momentum.pdf

The momentum balance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is investigated using both output from a highresolution primitive equation model and sea surface height measurements from the Geosat altimeter. In the Semtner–Chervin general circulation model, run with approximately one-quarter degree resolu...