The Bransfield current system

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Sangrà, Pablo, Gordo, Carmen, Hernández-Arencibia, Mónica, Marrero-Díaz, Ángeles, Rodríguez-Santana, Ángel, Stegner, Alexander, Martínez-Marrero, Antonio, Pelegrí, Josep Lluís, Pichon, Thierry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon Press 2011
• Subjects: Bransfield Strait; Bransfield Current; Circumpolar DeepWater; Anticylonic eddies; Gravity current; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Central Basin; Madariaga; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/73651; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2011.01.011

13 pages, 15 figures, 2 tables We use hydrographic data collected during two interdisciplinary cruises, CIEMAR and BREDDIES, to describe the mesoscale variability observed in the Central Basin of the Bransfield Strait (Antarctica). The main mesoscale feature is the Bransfield Front and the related B...