The Antarctic Slope Current near 30 degrees E

• Other Authors: Dong, Jun (authoraut), Speer, Kevin (authoraut), Jullion, Loic (authoraut)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Gunnerus Bank; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A405767/datastream/TN/view/The%20Antarctic%20Slope%20Current%20near%2030%20degrees%20E.jpg

The Antarctic Slope Current flows westward above the continental slope of Antarctica, entering the Weddell Sea near 30 degrees E and supplying dense water to the deep overturning cell there, and contributing to global Antarctic Bottom Water formation. Observations from the 2008 I6S hydrographic sect...