Vorticity Dynamics of Seasonal Variations of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current from a Modeling Study

• Main Author: Klinck, John M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 1991
• Subjects: Vorticity; Southern Ocean; Southern hemisphere; Wind stress; Bathymetry; Drake Passage; Seasonal changes; Topography; Transport; Flow; Oceanography; Antarctic; Curl; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccpo_pubs/92; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1107&context=ccpo_pubs

A one-layer numerical model was developed to analyze the vorticity dynamics of the seasonal variations of currents in the Southern Ocean. The model includes the continental geometry and bathymetry of the Southern Ocean and is forced by monthly climatological wind stress. Five cases are considered th...