Wind-controlled export of Antarctic bottom water from the Weddell Sea

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Jullion, L., Jones, S.C., Naveira Garabato, A.C., Meredith, M.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Drake Passage; Scotia Sea; South Scotia Ridge; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/153595/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/153595/1/GRL_Jetal10.pdf

Recent studies suggest that the variability in Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) properties in the Scotia Sea on time scales up to decadal may be linked to changes in the baroclinicity of the Weddell gyre, with vertical variations in the density structure at the gyre's northern edge acting to contr...