Water mass pathways and transports over the South Scotia Ridge west of 50°W

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Palmer, Margarita, Gomis, Damià, Flexas, María del Mar, Jordá, Gabriel, Jullion, Loic, Tsubouchi, Takamasa, Naveira-Garabato, Alberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon Press 2012
• Subjects: Weddell Sea; Scotia Sea; Weddell; South Orkney Islands; Elephant Island; South Scotia Ridge; South Orkney Plateau; Hesperides Trough
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/57420; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2011.10.005

During the ESASSI cruise carried out in January 2008, a sector of the South Scotia Ridge west of the South Orkney Islands was surveyed with a spatial resolution of 1-2nm (1nm≡1852m) over the continental slopes and of about 5nm elsewhere. We use the ESASSI-08 data set to quantify the export and regio...