Depth-Integrated Vorticity Budget of the Southern Ocean from a General Circulation Model

• Main Authors: Wells, N.C., de Cuevas, B.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Antarctic; Argentine; Curl; Drake Passage; New Zealand; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/360516/

An analysis of the depth-integrated vorticity budget of the U.K. Fine Resolution Antarctic Model is used to investigate the mechanisms that maintain and dissipate vorticity in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and adjacent circulations of the Southern Ocean. The individual contributions to the...