Experimental simulation of bransfield current (Antarctica) in a rotating tank

• Main Authors: Hernández Arencibia, Mónica, Marrero Díaz, Ángeles, Sangrà, Pablo, Gordo Rojas, María Carmen, Rodríguez Santana, Ángel
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Subjects: Corrientes marinas; Estrecho de Bransfield; Modelo experimental; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Brabant; Bransfield Strait; Central Basin; Drake Passage; Estrecho; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/475

The aim of this work is to simulate the currents system of the Central Basin of Bransfield Strait (Antarctica) to verify the validity of the hypothesis of which this currents system behaves as a system of gravity currents between two types of water, the Transitional Zonal Water with Bellingshausen i...