Export of Weddell Sea Deep and Bottom Water

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Gordon, A., Visbeck, Martin, Huber, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Scotia Sea; Weddell; Weddell Basin; South Orkney Plateau; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/4645/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/4645/1/2000JC000281.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JC000281

An extensive set of conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD)/lowered acoustic Doppler current profiler (LADCP) data obtained within the northwestern Weddell Sea in August 1997 characterizes the dense water outflow from the Weddell Sea and overflow into the Scotia Sea. Along the outer rim of the Weddell...