Northwestern Weddell Sea deep outflow into the Scotia Sea during the austral summers of 2000 and 2001 estimated by inverse methods

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Franco, Bárbara Cristie, Mata, Mauricio Magalhães, Piola, Alberto Ricardo, Garcia, Carlos Alberto Eiras
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Northwestern weddell sea; Weddell sea deep water; Inverse methods; DOVETAIL; Deep outflow variations; Austral; Powell Basin; Scotia Sea; South Scotia Ridge; Weddell; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/2044; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2007.06.003

The northward outflow of cold, dense water from the Weddell Sea into the world ocean basins plays a key role in balancing the global heat budget. We estimate the geostrophic flow patterns in the northwestern Weddell Sea using box inverse methods applied to quasi-synoptic hydrographic data collected...