Two-layer model of wind-driven circulation in the Antarctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Kusahara, K, Ohshima, KI, Katsumata, K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research, Kokuritsu Kyokuchi Kenkyujo 2003
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Atmospheric Sciences; Climate Change Processes; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Syowa Station; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Basin; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Polar meteorology and glaciology
• Online Access: http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/index.html; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/109892

In this study, we investigate the wind-driven circulation in the Antarctic Ocean using a primitive two-layer model with realistic topography. A prominent feature of steady circulation driven by the annual mean wind stress is a clockwise(cyclonic) circulation in the lower layer at the Weddell Basin a...