Characterization of the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone to the north of South Georgia in summer 1994

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Trathan, P. N., Brandon, M. A., Murphy, E. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1997
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Scotia Sea; Maurice; Ewing; Maurice Ewing Bank; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514742/; https://doi.org/10.1029/97JC00381

The Polar Front (PF) forms the southern boundary to the Polar Frontal Zone (PFZ) along the northern edge of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). In a number of areas the position of the PF (and thus the PFZ) is known to be influenced by topographic steering, while local bathymetry has also been...