Time-Mean Flow as the Prevailing Contribution to the Poleward Heat Flux across the Southern Flank of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: A Case Study in the Fawn Trough, Kerguelen Plateau
International audience The major mechanisms of the oceanic poleward heat flux in the Southern Ocean are still in debate. The long-standing belief stipulates that the poleward heat flux across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is mainly due to mesoscale transient eddies and the cross-stream hea...
Published in: | Journal of Physical Oceanography |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Online Access: | https://hal.science/hal-00873422 https://hal.science/hal-00873422/document https://hal.science/hal-00873422/file/%5B15200485%20-%20Journal%20of%20Physical%20Oceanography%5D%20Time-Mean%20Flow%20as%20the%20Prevailing%20Contribution%20to%20the%20Poleward%20Heat%20Flux%20across%20the%20Southern%20Flank%20of%20the%20Antarctic%20Circumpolar%20Current.pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-0125.1 |