Pathways and variability of the Antarctic Intermediate Water in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean.

• Published in: Progress in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Zenk, Walter, Siedler, Gerold, Ishida, A., Holfort, J., Kashino, Y., Kuroda, Y., Miyama, T., Müller, Thomas J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bismarck; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/8313/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/8313/1/Path.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2005.05.003

In the western equatorial Pacific the low-salinity core of Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) is found at about 800 m depth between potential density levels σθ = 27.2 and 27.3. The pathways of AAIW and the degradation of its core are studied, from the Bismarck Sea to the Caroline Basins and into th...