Currents in the Western Drake Passage according to the observations in January of 2010 |
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| Authors: | M N Koshlyakov S V Gladyshev R Yu Tarakanov D A Fedorov |
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| Institution: | 1.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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| Abstract: | The Western Drake Passage current system is investigated using the CTD, LADCP, and SADCP data of the cross Drake section carried
out in January 2010. A complicated current structure consisting of the six Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) jets as well
as the system of slope and abyssal currents was revealed. The most interesting result is the identification of the abyssal
quasi-geostrophic spurts in the northern part that probably are generated by abyssal eddy fragments, which are an imperative
part of the meandering ACC. |
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