Southern ACC Front to the northeast of South Georgia: pathways, characteristics, and fluxes

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Meredith, Michael P., Watkins, Jon L., Murphy, Eugene J., Ward, Peter, Bone, Douglas G., Thorpe, Sally E., Grant, Sharon A., Ladkin, Russell S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2003
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Antarctic; Georgia Basin; Georgia Rise; Northeast Georgia Rise; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12797/; http://www.agu.org/journals/jc/jc0305/2001JC001227/

[1] In December 2000 we conducted high-resolution hydrographic and towed undulator transects across the South Georgia shelf and into the deep waters of the Georgia Basin. The Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front (SACCF) was observed flowing northwestward close to the base of the slope at 53....