MONITORING STRATIFICATION AND CURRENTS AT THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE OF THE SCOTIA SEA, ANTARCTICA

• Main Author: Thornton, Melanie 1989-
• Other Authors: Chapman, Piers, Orsi, Alejandro H
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Antarctic Slope Current; Southern Ocean; Scotia Sea; South Scotia Ridge; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9699; https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148803

The most notable mixing that takes place in the Southern Ocean exists when the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) encounters abrupt changes in the ocean floor topography. Therefore, the spatial and vertical distribution of mixing in the southern Scotia Sea is fundamental to fully understanding the...