Defining Southern Ocean fronts using unsupervised classification

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Thomas, Simon D. A., Jones, Daniel C., Faul, Anita, Mackie, Erik, Pauthenet, Etienne
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Sobel; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1545-2021; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/17/1545/2021/

Oceanographic fronts are transitions between thermohaline structures with different characteristics. Such transitions are ubiquitous, and their locations and properties affect how the ocean operates as part of the global climate system. In the Southern Ocean, fronts have classically been defined usi...