Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• TANSLEY, Claire E
• MARSHALL, David P

Titel

On the dynamics of wind-driven circumpolar currents

Ist Teil von

• Journal of physical oceanography, 2001-11, Vol.31 (11), p.3258-3273

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The factors controlling the transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) have recently been a topic of heated debate. At the latitudes of Drake Passage, potential vorticity contours are uninterrupted by coastlines, and large amplitude flows are possible even with weak forcing and dissipation.