The Bransfield current system

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Sangrà, Pablo, Gordo Rojas, Carmen, Hernández-Arencibia, Mónica, Marrero Díaz, Ángeles, Rodríguez-Santana, Ángel, Stegner, Alexander, Martínez Marrero, Antonio, Pelegrí, Josep L., Pichon, Thierry
• Other Authors: Marrero-Diaz, Angeles, Rodriguez-Santana, Angel, Martinez-Marrero, Antonio, Pelegri, Josep, Sangra, Pablo, Stegner, Alexandre, 55938118400, 6508127008, 36971242800, 56031621700, 55954140200, 6601993878, 24390812600, 7003869003, 56743133600, 763696, 6017677, 7386813, 1846069, 1821092, 1592008, 4990325, 358123, 5031782
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: 22 Física; 2510 Oceanografía; Bransfield strait; Bransfield current; Circumpolar deep water; Anticyclonic eddies; Gravity current; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; Central Basin; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/43842; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2011.01.011

We use hydrographic data collected during two interdisciplinary cruises, CIEMAR and BREDDIES, to describe the mesoscale variability observed in the Central Basin of the Bransfield Strait (Antarctica). The main mesoscale feature is the Bransfield Front and the related Bransfield Current, which flows...