DOWNSLOPE FLOW OBSERVATIONS NEAR CAPE ADARE SHELF-BREAK

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: BERGAMASCO A, DEFENDI V, BUDILLON, Giorgio, SPEZIE G.
• Other Authors: Bergamasco, A, Defendi, V, Budillon, Giorgio, Spezie, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Antarctica; downslope processes; High Salinity Shelf Water; Ross Sea; shelf/slope interactions; water masses characterization; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Adare; Cape Adare; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11367/25139; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102004001981

The analysis of two high resolution hydrological datasets acquired during the 1997 and 2001 summers across the Antarctic continental shelf-break near Cape Adare (Ross Sea) is presented. The main focus of these cruises was the investigation of the overflow of the High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW). Thi...