Evidence for Enhanced Eddy Mixing at Middepth in the Southern Ocean

Satellite altimetric observations of the ocean reveal surface pressure patterns in the core of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) that propagate downstream (eastward) but slower than the mean surface current by about 25%. The authors argue that these observations are suggestive of baroclinicall...

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Main Authors: Smith, K. Shafer (Author), Marshall, John C (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Marshall, John C. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society, 2010-03-05T17:06:43Z.
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