An observation of the banded structure of the Antarctic coastal current at the prime meridian

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Nuñez-Riboni, I., Fahrbach, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Fimbul Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Polar Research; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0011-F701-E; http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0011-F700-0

Observations of three bands of westward flow and two countercurrents, spanning roughly 50 km from the ice-shelf edge in front of the Fimbul Ice Shelf (prime meridian) in Antarctica, are presented. A comparison with a numerical model and the proximity of two of these current cores to the ice shelf su...