Seasonal variations of the upper ocean in the Scotia Sea and west of the Antarctic Peninsula: observations from instrumented seals

• Main Authors: Ruiz-Urbaneja, Alex, Aguiar González, Borja, Marrero Díaz, Ángeles, Rodríguez Santana, Ángel
• Other Authors: BU-BAS
• Format: Lecture
• Language: English
• Published: Servicio de Publicaciones y Difusión Científica de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) 2023
• Subjects: 251007 Oceanografía física; Scotia Sea; West Antarctic Peninsula; Shelf Ocea; Seasonal Hydrography; Thermal Fronts; Instrumented Seals; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Bransfield Strait; South Georgia Island; South Orkney Islands; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/122013

The Scotia Sea and Bransfield Strait represent two major exits through which water masses driven by the western boundary current system of the Weddell Sea gyre leave the basin. In the upper ocean of this study area (0-400 m), five water masses govern the hydrography: Antarctic Surface Water (AASW),...