Transformations and pathways of Southern Ocean waters into the South Atlantic Ocean

• Main Author: Olivé Abelló, Anna
• Other Authors: Pelegrí Llopart, Josep L. (Josep Lluís), Machín Jiménez, Francisco, Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat de Ciències de la Terra
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2023
• Subjects: Oceanografia; Circulació oceànica; Atlàntic; Oceà; Oceanography; Ocean circulation; Atlantic Ocean; Southern Ocean; Drake Passage; Scotia Sea; South Scotia Ridge; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/204661; http://hdl.handle.net/10803/689534

[eng] The returning limb of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is partly supplied by the cold-fresh waters that enter through the Drake Passage. Up to the isoneutral 28.0 kg m−3, the mean water inflow through the Drake Passage to the Scotia Sea is 140.8 ± 7.4 Sv and the outflow throu...