Circulation, retention and mixing of waters within the Weddell-Scotia Confluence, Southern Ocean: the role of stratified Taylor columns

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Meredith, Michael, Meijers, Andrew, Naveira Garabato, Alberto, Brown, Peter, Venables, Hugh, Abrahamsen, Povl, Jullion, Loic, Messias, Marie-Jose
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; South Scotia Ridge; Discovery Bank; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508438/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508438/1/Meredith_et_al-2015-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Oceans.pdf

The waters of the Weddell-Scotia Confluence (WSC) lie above the rugged topography of the South Scotia Ridge in the Southern Ocean. Meridional exchanges across the WSC transfer water and tracers between the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) to the north and the subpolar Weddell Gyre to the south. H...