Cyclonic eddies and upper thermocline fine-scale structures in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Leach, H and Strass, Volker (2019) Cyclonic eddies and upper thermocline fine-scale structures in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Oceans Dynamics, 69 (2). pp. 157-173.

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Abstract

Mesoscale eddies in the open ocean are mostly formed by baroclinic instability, in which the available potential energy from the large-scale slope of the isopycnals is converted into the kinetic energy of the flow around the eddy. As a permissible form of motion within a rapidly rotating and stratified fluid eddies driven by baroclinic instability are important for the poleward and vertical transport, not only of physical properties, but also biogeochemical ones. In this paper, we present observations from four cyclonic eddies in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. We have sorted them by apparent age, based on altimeter data and consideration of the degree of homogenisation of the potential temperature-salinity(

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Mesoscale eddies, Fine-scale structures, Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	08 Jan 2019 10:56
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 01:07
DOI:	10.1007/s10236-018-1241-x
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3030936

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