Water Mass Exchange Between the Weddell Gyre and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

• Other Authors: Dong, Jun (authoraut), Speer, Kevin (professor directing thesis), Chassignet, Eric (university representative), Dewar, William (committee member), Nof, Doron (committee member), Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Geophysics; Fluid dynamics; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Dewar; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-5344; http://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A183240/datastream/TN/view/Water%20Mass%20Exchange%20Between%20the%20Weddell%20Gyre%20and%20the%20Antarctic%20Circumpolar%20Current.jpg

The Weddell Sea is a primary bottom water formation region, where newly formed bottom water is exported to all the ocean basins. This water mass is partly supplied from the upper layers of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), as well as from sources within the Antarctic Slope Current (ASC). In a...