Climatic Structure of the Dynamic and Temperature Fronts in the Scotia Sea and the Adjacent Water Areas

• Main Authors: Yu.V. Artamonov, E.A. Skripaleva, N.V. Nikolsky
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Federal State Budget Scientific Institution «Marine Hydrophysical Institute of RAS» 2022
• Subjects: scotia sea; drake passage; weddell sea; sea surface temperature; satellite altimetry; temperature horizontal gradients; geostrophic currents; bottom topography; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Antarctic; Drake Passage; Falkland Plateau; Scotia Sea; Shackleton; Shackleton Ridge; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/2c814a6889ed406fb265f84d88078bf4

Purpose. The aim of the work is to clarify the spatial structure of the climatic dynamic fronts (geostrophic current jets) and to estimate the relationship between their position and that of the large-scale temperature fronts on the surface of the Scotia Sea and the adjacent water areas in the south...