Flow and recirculation of Antarctic Intermediate Water across the Rio Grande Rise
The flow of the low‐salinity Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) at 700–1150 m depth across the Rio Grande Rise and the lower Santos Plateau is studied under the auspices of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) in the context of the Deep Basin Experiment. Our data set consists of several hy...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:4901 2023-05-15T14:09:49+02:00 Flow and recirculation of Antarctic Intermediate Water across the Rio Grande Rise Boebel, Olaf Schmid, Claudia Zenk, Walter 1997 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/4901/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/4901/7/Boebel.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/97JC00977 en eng AGU (American Geophysical Union) https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/4901/7/Boebel.pdf Boebel, O., Schmid, C. and Zenk, W. (1997) Flow and recirculation of Antarctic Intermediate Water across the Rio Grande Rise. Open Access Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 102 (C9). 20,967-20,986. DOI 10.1029/97JC00977 <https://doi.org/10.1029/97JC00977>. doi:10.1029/97JC00977 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Article PeerReviewed 1997 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.1029/97JC00977 2023-04-07T14:50:19Z The flow of the low‐salinity Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) at 700–1150 m depth across the Rio Grande Rise and the lower Santos Plateau is studied under the auspices of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) in the context of the Deep Basin Experiment. Our data set consists of several hydrographic sections, a collection of 15 RAFOS float trajectories, and records from 14 moored current meters. The data were gathered during different intervals between 1990 and 1994. The inferred flow field strongly supports a basinwide anticyclonic recirculation cell in the subtropical South Atlantic underneath the wind‐driven gyre. Its center, which appears to be southeast of the Rio Grande Rise, separates the eastward advection of AAIW below the South Atlantic Current from the westward flowing, recirculating AAIW. The two near‐shelf limbs closing the circumference of AAIW flow are formed in the east by the deep Benguela Current, potentially modulated by salty inflow of Indian Ocean Intermediate Water, and in the west by the Brazil Current system. Further important circulation elements are the Brazil‐Falkland (Malvinas) Confluence Zone at 40°S and an unnamed divergence at 28°S close to the 1000 m isobath. The resulting broad southward flow of AAIW augments the share of modified, i.e., saltier, intermediate water in the source region of the South Atlantic Current, while the smaller northward flow marks the source of a narrow equatorward Western Intermediate Boundary Current, ultimately leaving the South Atlantic. This shelf‐trapped jet is clearly documented in hydrographic data from 19°S and in nearby current meter records. The jet contrasts a sluggish flow across this latitude east of 35°W. A continuous flow of AAIW from its subpolar region in the southwestern Argentine Basin all along the western slope toward the equator appears unlikely between 35°S and 25°S. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Antarctic Argentine Indian Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 102 C9 20967 20986 |
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The flow of the low‐salinity Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) at 700–1150 m depth across the Rio Grande Rise and the lower Santos Plateau is studied under the auspices of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) in the context of the Deep Basin Experiment. Our data set consists of several hydrographic sections, a collection of 15 RAFOS float trajectories, and records from 14 moored current meters. The data were gathered during different intervals between 1990 and 1994. The inferred flow field strongly supports a basinwide anticyclonic recirculation cell in the subtropical South Atlantic underneath the wind‐driven gyre. Its center, which appears to be southeast of the Rio Grande Rise, separates the eastward advection of AAIW below the South Atlantic Current from the westward flowing, recirculating AAIW. The two near‐shelf limbs closing the circumference of AAIW flow are formed in the east by the deep Benguela Current, potentially modulated by salty inflow of Indian Ocean Intermediate Water, and in the west by the Brazil Current system. Further important circulation elements are the Brazil‐Falkland (Malvinas) Confluence Zone at 40°S and an unnamed divergence at 28°S close to the 1000 m isobath. The resulting broad southward flow of AAIW augments the share of modified, i.e., saltier, intermediate water in the source region of the South Atlantic Current, while the smaller northward flow marks the source of a narrow equatorward Western Intermediate Boundary Current, ultimately leaving the South Atlantic. This shelf‐trapped jet is clearly documented in hydrographic data from 19°S and in nearby current meter records. The jet contrasts a sluggish flow across this latitude east of 35°W. A continuous flow of AAIW from its subpolar region in the southwestern Argentine Basin all along the western slope toward the equator appears unlikely between 35°S and 25°S. |
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Flow and recirculation of Antarctic Intermediate Water across the Rio Grande Rise |
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Flow and recirculation of Antarctic Intermediate Water across the Rio Grande Rise |
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Flow and recirculation of Antarctic Intermediate Water across the Rio Grande Rise |
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Flow and recirculation of Antarctic Intermediate Water across the Rio Grande Rise |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/4901/7/Boebel.pdf Boebel, O., Schmid, C. and Zenk, W. (1997) Flow and recirculation of Antarctic Intermediate Water across the Rio Grande Rise. Open Access Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 102 (C9). 20,967-20,986. DOI 10.1029/97JC00977 <https://doi.org/10.1029/97JC00977>. doi:10.1029/97JC00977 |
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