Effect of Wind Changes During the Last Glacial Maximum on the Circulation in the Southern Ocean
Present-day surface wind stress climatology is manipulated to simulate wind conditions during the last glacial maximum. These estimated wind fields force a one-layer, wind-driven numerical model of the southern ocean to determine if a change in the strength of the surface wind stress can shift the l...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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ODU Digital Commons
1993
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccpo_pubs/172 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1175&context=ccpo_pubs |
| Summary: | Present-day surface wind stress climatology is manipulated to simulate wind conditions during the last glacial maximum. These estimated wind fields force a one-layer, wind-driven numerical model of the southern ocean to determine if a change in the strength of the surface wind stress can shift the location of the Antarctic Polar Front, which is part of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. A change in the forcing by a factor of 0.5-2.0 results in a change in the speed of the flow by an identical factor with no change in position. However, if the present-day wind climatology is shifted meridionally there is a change in both strength of the circulation and spatial pattern. A shift of the wind stress of more than 5-degrees of latitude is required to produce a shift in the location of the polar front. |
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