A new account of Ross Sea waters: characteristics, volumetrics, and variability

• Other Authors: Orsi, Alejandro H., Stoessel, Achim, North, Gerald, Whitworth, Thomas, III
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Texas A&M University 2007
• Subjects: Ross Sea; climatology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Island; Drygalski; Colbeck; Cape Colbeck; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/5778

A new high-resolution climatology and volumetric ????-S census (???????? = 0.1????C, ????S = 0.01) is constructed for the Ross Sea. Property maps (potential temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen) along 40 depth levels and 21 neutral density (????n) surfaces are analyzed. A major inflow of Anta...