Mesoscale thermal structure of the polar front zone in Drake Passage during the austral summer of 1976

• Main Author: Patterson, Steven Leroy
• Other Authors: Nowlin, Worth D.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Texas A&M University. Libraries 1978
• Subjects: Ocean currents; Measurement; Oceanography; 1978 Dissertation P318; Drake Passage; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Austral; Yelcho; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-324572

Vita. The boundary between the Subantarctic and Antarctic surface waters within the Southern Ocean is known as the Polar Front. This front lies within a complex transition region referred to as the Polar Front Zone (PFZ). The Polar Front and PFZ have been the subject of much interest and debate almo...