Deep and bottom waters in the Eastern Scotia Sea: Rapid changes in properties and circulation

• Main Authors: Meredith, Michael P., Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Stevens, David P., Heywood, Karen J., Sanders, Richard J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Scotia Sea; Weddell; South Scotia Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/15899/; https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/15899/1/DS_25.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2157:DABWIT>2.0.CO;2

Two meridional hydrographic transects (in 1995 and 1999) across the eastern Scotia Sea are used to investigate variability in the deep and bottom waters between the South Scotia Ridge and South Georgia. There is a significant warming of the warm deep water (WDW) south of the southern boundary of the...