The wind-forced response of the Southern Ocean

• Main Author: Johnson, Mark Andrew
• Other Authors: Nowlin, Worth D., Brooks, David A., McGuirk, James P., Reid, Robert O., Stecher, Michael J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Texas A&M University. Libraries 1987
• Subjects: Major oceanography; 1987 Dissertation J68; Ocean circulation; Mathematical models; Antarctic Ocean; Ocean-atmosphere interaction; Oceanographic buoys; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Drake Passage; Pacific; Indian; Weddell; Curl; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-26995

Typescript (photocopy). In an analysis of satellite-tracked drifting surface buoys released in the Southern Ocean, buoy velocities are averaged for 90 days. The averaged velocity vectors show circulation that generally agrees with views of the large-scale circulation. The present analysis indicates...