Differences between 1999 and 2010 across the Falkland Plateau: fronts and water masses

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Pérez-Hernández, M. Dolores, Hernández-Guerra, Alonso, Comas-Rodríguez, Isis, Benítez-Barrios, Verónica M., Fraile-Nuez, Eugenio, Pelegrí, Josep L., Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; Austral; Falkland Plateau; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-577-2017; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00009649; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00009606/os-13-577-2017.pdf; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/13/577/2017/os-13-577-2017.pdf

Decadal differences in the Falkland Plateau are studied from the two full-depth hydrographic data collected during the ALBATROSS (April 1999) and MOC-Austral (February 2010) cruises. Differences in the upper 100 dbar are due to changes in the seasonal thermocline, as the ALBATROSS cruise took place...