Dynamical budgets of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current using ocean general-circulation models

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Grezio, A., Wells, N. C., Ivchenko, V. O., De Cuevas, B. A.
• Other Authors: Grezio, A.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia, Wells, N. C.; Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK, Ivchenko, V. O.; Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK, De Cuevas, B. A.; Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia, Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Eddies - Dynamical Budgets; 03. Hydrosphere::03.03. Physical::03.03.02. General circulation; Antarctic; Curl; Drake Passage; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8232; https://doi.org/10.1256/qj.03.213

Three general-circulation models (FRAM, OCCAM and POP) are used to investigate the dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) at the latitudes of the Drake Passage where the ACC is unbounded. In these general circulation models, bottom form stress balances the wind stress in the momentum bu...