Physical oceanography from the northwestern Weddell Sea ...

• Main Authors: Hellmer, Hartmut H, Huhn, Oliver, Gomis, Damià, Timmermann, Ralph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: CTD/Rosette; Multiple investigations; CTD/Rosette, ultra clean; ATOS2; ANT-VIII/2; ANT-IX/2; ANT-X/7; ANT-XIII/4; ANT-XV/4; ANT-XXIII/7; ANT-XXIV/3; Hespérides; Polarstern; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Austral; Bransfield Strait; Weddell; Central Basin; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.761004; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.761004

We analyzed hydrographic data from the northwestern Weddell Sea continental shelf of the three austral winters 1989, 1997, and 2006 and two summers following the last winter cruise. During summer a thermal front exists at ~64° S separating cold southern waters from warm northern waters that have sim...