Do Winds Control the Confluence of Subtropical and Subantarctic Surface Waters East of New Zealand?

• Main Author: Fernandez, Denise
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified; Fronts; Eddies; Subtropical-subantarctic confluence; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 040699 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified; Marsden: 260403 Physical Oceanography; Degree Discipline: Geophysics; Degree Level: Masters; Degree Name: Master of Science; Antarctic; Curl; Marsden; New Zealand; Pacific; Soi; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.16998688.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Do_Winds_Control_the_Confluence_of_Subtropical_and_Subantarctic_Surface_Waters_East_of_New_Zealand_/16998688

The confluence region east of New Zealand is one of only a few places in the world where the Antarctic Circumpolar Current meets the strong southwardflowing boundary current of a subtropical gyre. The convergence of subtropical and subantarctic water creates strong fronts. The fronts have clear sign...